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Message-Id: <20150827.141939.681226506664674587.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:19:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:	ast@...mgrid.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sched: consolidate tc_classify{,_compat}

From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:00:06 +0200

> For classifiers getting invoked via tc_classify(), we always need an
> extra function call into tc_classify_compat(), as both are being
> exported as symbols and tc_classify() itself doesn't do much except
> handling of reclassifications when tp->classify() returned with
> TC_ACT_RECLASSIFY.
> 
> CBQ and ATM are the only qdiscs that directly call into tc_classify_compat(),
> all others use tc_classify(). When tc actions are being configured
> out in the kernel, tc_classify() effectively does nothing besides
> delegating.
> 
> We could spare this layer and consolidate both functions. pktgen on
> single CPU constantly pushing skbs directly into the netif_receive_skb()
> path with a dummy classifier on ingress qdisc attached, improves
> slightly from 22.3Mpps to 23.1Mpps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>

Applied, thanks Daniel.
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