netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: fix indirect calls helpers for ptype list hooks.

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 15:03:05 +0100
From:   Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: fix indirect calls helpers for ptype list hooks.

On 03/06/2019 11:46, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> As Eric noted, the current wrapper for ptype func hook inside
> __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype() has no chance of avoiding the indirect
> call: we enter such code path only for protocols other than ipv4 and
> ipv6.
>
> Instead we can wrap the list_func invocation.
>
> Fixes: 92884ca8830b ("net: fix indirect calls helpers for ptype list hooks.")
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>