netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 02/10] net: openvswitch: convert mask list in mask array

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Message-ID: <CAOrHB_BxG4bef-G6vSBNAuheyT+=Y=pw_WQ=+dKz65SvpU_-Zg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 2 Nov 2019 23:47:08 -0700
From:   Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
To:     Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Rose <gvrose8192@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        ovs dev <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 02/10] net: openvswitch: convert mask list in
 mask array

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:24 AM <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
>
> Port the codes to linux upstream and with little changes.
>
> Pravin B Shelar, says:
> | mask caches index of mask in mask_list. On packet recv OVS
> | need to traverse mask-list to get cached mask. Therefore array
> | is better for retrieving cached mask. This also allows better
> | cache replacement algorithm by directly checking mask's existence.
>
> Link: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/d49fc3ff53c65e4eca9cabd52ac63396746a7ef5
> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@...il.com>
> Acked-by: William Tu <u9012063@...il.com>
> ---
Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>