netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: ovpn: use new noref xmit flow in ovpn_udp4

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Message-ID: <aM1wpYP5LYhM3jcz@krikkit>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:03:01 +0200
From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
To: Marek Mietus <mmietus97@...oo.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, antonio@...nvpn.net, kuba@...nel.org,
	openvpn-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: ovpn: use new noref xmit flow in
 ovpn_udp4_output

2025-09-18, 18:29:08 +0200, Marek Mietus wrote:
> W dniu 9/16/25 o 12:49, Sabrina Dubroca pisze:
> > 2025-09-12, 13:24:20 +0200, Marek Mietus wrote:
> > Why are you changing only ipv4? Is there something in the ipv6 code
> > that prevents this?
> > 
> 
> I'm not sure. I'm not as acquainted with IPv6 as I am with IPv4. (and thought I'd hold off
> until I got a positive response about the series)

Ok, understood.

> IPv4 already has some noref xmit optimizations, so it just felt like the right place to start.

There's also some in IPv6, see d14730b8e911 ("ipv6: use RCU in inet6_csk_xmit()").

-- 
Sabrina