netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net_sched: act: use a separate packet counters for gact

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Message-ID: <55955C74.1080406@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 02 Jul 2015 08:44:52 -0700
From:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] net_sched: act: use a separate packet counters
 for gact_determ()

On 15-07-02 06:07 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Second step for gact RCU operation :
> 
> We want to get rid of the spinlock protecting gact operations.
> Stats (packets/bytes) will soon be per cpu.
> 
> gact_determ() would not work without a central packet counter,
> so lets add it for this mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
> ---

Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

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