netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 0/4] net/sched: retpoline wrappers for tc

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Date:   Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:40:18 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, kuniyu@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 0/4] net/sched: retpoline wrappers for tc

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue,  6 Dec 2022 10:55:09 -0300 you wrote:
> In tc all qdics, classifiers and actions can be compiled as modules.
> This results today in indirect calls in all transitions in the tc hierarchy.
> Due to CONFIG_RETPOLINE, CPUs with mitigations=on might pay an extra cost on
> indirect calls. For newer Intel cpus with IBRS the extra cost is
> nonexistent, but AMD Zen cpus and older x86 cpus still go through the
> retpoline thunk.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v6,1/4] net/sched: move struct action_ops definition out of ifdef
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2a7d228f1ae7
  - [net-next,v6,2/4] net/sched: add retpoline wrapper for tc
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/7f0e810220e2
  - [net-next,v6,3/4] net/sched: avoid indirect act functions on retpoline kernels
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/871cf386dd16
  - [net-next,v6,4/4] net/sched: avoid indirect classify functions on retpoline kernels
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9f3101dca3a7

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