netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] soreuseport: define reuseport groups

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Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:03:59 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kraigatgoog@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] soreuseport: define reuseport groups

From: Craig Gallek <kraigatgoog@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:58:11 -0500

> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 4:40 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Craig Gallek <kraigatgoog@...il.com>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:05:07 -0500
>>
>>> +     for (i = 0; i < reuse->num_socks; i++) {
>>> +             if (reuse->socks[i] == sk) {
>>> +                     reuse->socks[i] = reuse->socks[reuse->num_socks - 1];
>>> +                     reuse->num_socks--;
>>> +                     if (reuse->num_socks == 0)
>>> +                             kfree_rcu(reuse, rcu);
>>> +                     break;
>>> +             }
>>> +     }
>>
>> Don't you need to memmove() the entire rest of the array down one slot
>> when you hit the matching 'sk' in there?  I can't see how it can work
>> to only move one entry down.
> It moves the last element in the list into the slot that was just
> emptied.  You could argue that this may cause unexpected changes in
> the index -> socket mapping observed by the user, but I'm not sure
> making many socket indexes change (by sliding everything down one)
> when one is removed is a desirable behavior either.  I don't have a
> strong opinion either way though...

Thanks for explaining, I misered the code.
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