netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/18] xfrm: Add compat layer

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Message-ID: <1532703111.2679.20.camel@arista.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:51:51 +0100
From:   Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
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        Fan Du <fan.du@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] xfrm: Add compat layer

On Fri, 2018-07-27 at 16:19 +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com> wrote:
> > 1. It will double copy netlink messages, making it O(n) instead of
> > O(1), where n - is number of bind()s.. Probably we don't care much.
> 
> About those bind() patches, I don't understand why they are needed.
> 
> Why can't you just add the compat skb to the native skb when doing
> the multicast call?
> 
> skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list = compat_skb;
> xfrm_nlmsg_multicast(net, skb, 0, ...

Oh yeah, sorry, I think I misread the patch - will try to add compat
skb in the multicast call.

-- 
Thanks,
             Dmitry