netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: openvswitch: do not update max_headroom if new headroom is equal to old headroom

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:28:30 +0900
From:   Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
To:     Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        ovs dev <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: openvswitch: do not update max_headroom if
 new headroom is equal to old headroom

On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 03:15, Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org> wrote:
>

Hi Pravin,

> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 9:08 AM Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > When a vport is deleted, the maximum headroom size would be changed.
> > If the vport which has the largest headroom is deleted,
> > the new max_headroom would be set.
> > But, if the new headroom size is equal to the old headroom size,
> > updating routine is unnecessary.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
>
> Sorry for late reply. This patch looks good to me too.
>
> I am curious about reason to avoid adjustment to headroom. why are you
> trying to avoid unnecessary changes to headroom.
>

Thank you for the review!
The intention of this patch is to remove unnecessary overhead.
There is no other reason.

Thanks!

> Thanks,
> Pravin.