netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Add SO_REUSEPORT_LISTEN

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Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:20:49 -0700
From:	Tolga Ceylan <tolga.ceylan@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Craig Gallek <cgallek@...gle.com>,
	Josh Snyder <josh@...e406.com>,
	Aaron Conole <aconole@...heb.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Add SO_REUSEPORT_LISTEN_OFF socket option as
 drain mode

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net> wrote:
> On 03/24/2016 06:26 PM, Tom Herbert wrote:
>>
>> I completely agree with this, but I wonder if we now need a repository
>> of useful BPF modules. So in the case of implementing functionality
>> like in SO_REUSEPORT_LISTEN_OFF that might just become a common BPF
>> program we could direct people to use.
>
>
> Good point. There's tools/testing/selftests/net/ containing already
> reuseport
> BPF example, maybe it could be extended.

I would appreciate a conceptual description on how this would work
especially for a common scenario
as described by Willy. My initial impression was that a coordinator
(master) process takes this
responsibility to adjust BPF filters as children come and go.

Two popular software has similar use cases: nginx and haproxy. Another
concern is with the
introduction of BPF itself, should we expect a performance drop in
these applications?

Best Regards,
Tolga Ceylan