netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: openvswitch: add likely in flow

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Date:   Tue, 1 Oct 2019 19:11:02 -0700
From:   Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
To:     Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Rose <gvrose8192@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: openvswitch: add likely in flow_lookup

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 7:09 PM <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
>
> The most case *index < ma->max, we add likely for performance.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/openvswitch/flow_table.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
> index c8e79c1..c21fd52 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
> @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static struct sw_flow *flow_lookup(struct flow_table *tbl,
>         struct sw_flow_mask *mask;
>         int i;
>
> -       if (*index < ma->max) {
> +       if (likely(*index < ma->max)) {

After changes from patch 5, ma->count is the limit for mask array. so
why not use ma->count here.


>                 mask = rcu_dereference_ovsl(ma->masks[*index]);
>                 if (mask) {
>                         flow = masked_flow_lookup(ti, key, mask, n_mask_hit);
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>