netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 2/3] udp: implement memory accounting helpers

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2016 06:41:35 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
        Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
        Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 2/3] udp: implement memory accounting helpers

On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 15:34 +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:

> Updating sk_rmem_alloc would still need an atomic operation,
> because it is touched also by the error queue path: we will end up
> adding an atomic operation (or two, when reclaiming the fwd allocated
> memory) inside the critical section. The contention will likely
> increase.
> 
> The above is going to be quite intrusive: we need to pass an
> additional argument all the way up to __skb_try_recv_datagram() and
> change the function behavior according to its value.
> 
> If you are otherwise satisfied with the series in the current shape,
> can't we instead build incrementally on top of it ? it will simplify
> both reviews and re-factor tasks.

I certainly can provide an incremental patch, it might be easier for
both of us ;)