netdev - Re: [PATCH] sctp: signal sk_data_ready earlier on data chunks reception

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Message-Id: <20160501.210628.858260753518974978.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 01 May 2016 21:06:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...driver.com, vyasevich@...il.com,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sctp: signal sk_data_ready earlier on data chunks
 reception

From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:17:08 -0300

> Dave Miller pointed out that fb586f25300f ("sctp: delay calls to
> sk_data_ready() as much as possible") may insert latency specially if
> the receiving application is running on another CPU and that it would be
> better if we signalled as early as possible.
> 
> This patch thus basically inverts the logic on fb586f25300f and signals
> it as early as possible, similar to what we had before.
> 
> Fixes: fb586f25300f ("sctp: delay calls to sk_data_ready() as much as possible")
> Reported-by: Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Marcelo.