netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec-next v2 0/7] xfrm: remove three more indirect calls from packet path

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Message-ID: <20200508084204.GE13121@gauss3.secunet.de>
Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 10:42:04 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec-next v2 0/7] xfrm: remove three more indirect calls
 from packet path

On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 10:06:02AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> v2: rebase on top of ipsec-next, no other changes.
> 
> This patch series removes three more indirect calls from the state_afinfo
> struct.
> 
> These are:
> - extract_input (no dependencies on other modules)
> - output_finish (same)
> - extract_output (has dependency on ipv6 module, but
>   that is only needed for pmtu detection, so the indirect
>   call cost is not required for each packet).
> 
> Functions get moved to net/xfrm and the indirections are removed.
> pmtu detection will be handled via ipv6_stubs.
> 
> Florian Westphal (7):
>       xfrm: avoid extract_output indirection for ipv4
>       xfrm: state: remove extract_input indirection from xfrm_state_afinfo
>       xfrm: move xfrm4_extract_header to common helper
>       xfrm: expose local_rxpmtu via ipv6_stubs
>       xfrm: place xfrm6_local_dontfrag in xfrm.h
>       xfrm: remove extract_output indirection from xfrm_state_afinfo
>       xfrm: remove output_finish indirection from xfrm_state_afinfo

Series applied, thanks Florian!