netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net-next] xfrm: Simplify SA looking up when using wildcard source

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Date:	Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:18:36 +0200
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next] xfrm: Simplify SA looking up when using
 wildcard source

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 04:32:50PM +0800, Fan Du wrote:
> __xfrm4/6_state_addr_check is a four steps check, all we need to do
> is checking whether the destination address match when looking SA
> using wildcard source address. Passing saddr from flow is worst option,
> as the checking needs to reach the fourth step while actually only
> one time checking will do the work.
> 
> So, simplify this process by only checking destination address when
> using wildcard source address for looking up SAs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>

Applied to ipsec-next, thanks a lot!
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