Re: [PATCH net-next v2] tun: replace get_cpu_ptr with this_cpu_ptr when bh disabled

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:43:07AM +0900, Prashant Bhole wrote:
> tun_xdp_one() runs with local bh disabled. So there is no need to
> disable preemption by calling get_cpu_ptr while updating stats. This
> patch replaces the use of get_cpu_ptr() with this_cpu_ptr() as a
> micro-optimization. Also removes related put_cpu_ptr call.
> 
> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant_q7@lab.ntt.co.jp>

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

> ---
> v1 -> v2: Added comment to explain why this change is safe
> 
>  drivers/net/tun.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index 6760b86547df..cb90859d0433 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -2494,12 +2494,14 @@ static int tun_xdp_one(struct tun_struct *tun,
>  	skb_record_rx_queue(skb, tfile->queue_index);
>  	netif_receive_skb(skb);
>  
> -	stats = get_cpu_ptr(tun->pcpu_stats);
> +	/* No need for get_cpu_ptr() here since this function is
> +	 * always called with bh disabled
> +	 */
> +	stats = this_cpu_ptr(tun->pcpu_stats);
>  	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
>  	stats->rx_packets++;
>  	stats->rx_bytes += skb->len;
>  	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
> -	put_cpu_ptr(stats);
>  
>  	if (rxhash)
>  		tun_flow_update(tun, rxhash, tfile);
> -- 
> 2.17.2
>