netdev - Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next v4 07/15] openvswitch: Merge three per-CPU structures into one

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Message-ID: <f7ta57fe0uz.fsf@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 10:13:56 -0400
From: Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,  linux-rt-devel@...ts.linux.dev,
  dev@...nvswitch.org,  Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>,  Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>,  Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,  Jakub Kicinski
 <kuba@...nel.org>,  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,  Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>,  "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next v4 07/15] openvswitch: Merge three
 per-CPU structures into one

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de> writes:

> exec_actions_level is a per-CPU integer allocated at compile time.
> action_fifos and flow_keys are per-CPU pointer and have their data
> allocated at module init time.
> There is no gain in splitting it, once the module is allocated, the
> structures are allocated.
>
> Merge the three per-CPU variables into ovs_pcpu_storage, adapt callers.
>
> Cc: Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
> Cc: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>
> Cc: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>
> Cc: dev@...nvswitch.org
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>