netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v3] net: sched: convert qdisc linked list to hashtable

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:47:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3] net: sched: convert qdisc linked list to
 hashtable

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016, Cong Wang wrote:

> > diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > index f45929c..0b5c172e 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
> >  #include <uapi/linux/netdevice.h>
> >  #include <uapi/linux/if_bonding.h>
> >  #include <uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h>
> > +#include <linux/hashtable.h>
> >
> >  struct netpoll_info;
> >  struct device;
> > @@ -1778,6 +1779,7 @@ struct net_device {
> >         unsigned int            num_tx_queues;
> >         unsigned int            real_num_tx_queues;
> >         struct Qdisc            *qdisc;
> > +       DECLARE_HASHTABLE       (qdisc_hash, 4);
> >         unsigned long           tx_queue_len;
> >         spinlock_t              tx_global_lock;
> >         int                     watchdog_timeo;
> 
> Should it be surrounded by CONFIG_NET_SCHED?
> To save several bytes for !CONFIG_NET_SCHED case.

Makes sense. I'll wait a bit for more feedback (if there is any) before 
including this in potential v4.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs