netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/7] Faster SO

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Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:54:48 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kraigatgoog@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/7] Faster SO_REUSEPORT for TCP

From: Craig Gallek <kraigatgoog@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:50:34 -0500

> This patch series complements an earlier series (6a5ef90c58da)
> which added faster SO_REUSEPORT lookup for UDP sockets by
> extending the feature to TCP sockets.  It uses the same
> array-based data structure which allows for socket selection
> after finding the first listening socket that matches an incoming
> packet.  Prior to this feature, every socket in the reuseport
> group needed to be found and examined before a selection could be
> made.
> 
> With this series the SO_ATTACH_REUSEPORT_CBPF and
> SO_ATTACH_REUSEPORT_EBPF socket options now work for TCP sockets
> as well.  The test at the end of the series includes an example of
> how to use these options to select a reuseport socket based on the
> cpu core id handling the incoming packet.
> 
> There are several refactoring patches that precede the feature
> implementation.  Only the last two patches in this series
> should result in any behavioral changes.

Series applied, thanks Craig.