netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv4: use l4 hash for locally generated multipath flows

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Message-Id: <20151102.143902.1537936093026010153.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:39:02 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net, pch@...bogen.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv4: use l4 hash for locally generated
 multipath flows

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:20:40 +0100

> This patch changes how the multipath hash is computed for locally
> generated flows: now the hash comprises l4 information.
> 
> This allows better utilization of the available paths when the existing
> flows have the same source IP and the same destination IP: with l3 hash,
> even when multiple connections are in place simultaneously, a single path
> will be used, while with l4 hash we can use all the available paths.
> 
> v2 changes:
> - use get_hash_from_flowi4() instead of implementing just another l4 hash
>   function
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.
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