netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next] bpf: devmap: move drop error path to devmap for XDP

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Date:   Mon, 1 Mar 2021 08:48:47 +0100
From:   Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:     Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com>
Cc:     Shay Agroskin <shayagr@...zon.com>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next] bpf: devmap: move drop error path to devmap
 for XDP_REDIRECT

On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:27:25 +0100
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com> wrote:

> > >  	drops = bq->count - sent;
> > > -out:
> > > -	bq->count = 0;
> > > +	if (unlikely(drops > 0)) {
> > > +		/* If not all frames have been transmitted, it is our
> > > +		 * responsibility to free them
> > > +		 */
> > > +		for (i = sent; i < bq->count; i++)
> > > +			xdp_return_frame_rx_napi(bq->q[i]);
> > > +	}  
> > 
> > Wouldn't the logic above be the same even w/o the 'if' condition ?  
> 
> it is just an optimization to avoid the for loop instruction if sent = bq->count

True, and I like this optimization.
It will affect how the code layout is (and thereby I-cache usage).

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Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
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