netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] Use READ/WRITE_ONCE() for IP local_port

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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:10:23 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 davem@...emloft.net, stephen@...workplumber.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
 jakub@...udflare.com, edumazet@...gle.com, martineau@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] Use READ/WRITE_ONCE() for IP local_port_range.

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 13:44:20 +0000 you wrote:
> Commit 227b60f5102cd added a seqlock to ensure that the low and high
> port numbers were always updated together.
> This is overkill because the two 16bit port numbers can be held in
> a u32 and read/written in a single instruction.
> 
> More recently 91d0b78c5177f added support for finer per-socket limits.
> The user-supplied value is 'high << 16 | low' but they are held
> separately and the socket options protected by the socket lock.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2] Use READ/WRITE_ONCE() for IP local_port_range.
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d9f28735af87

You are awesome, thank you!
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