From: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
To: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@kernel.org, horms@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] ipv4: Do not pass netns to fib_table_lookup()
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:36:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8be92dde-b8c4-4573-aa1e-4ae240b9760a@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014082612.1280756-3-idosch@nvidia.com>
On 10/14/26 2:26 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Commit c436a624f89e ("ipv4: Pass netns to fib_table_lookup()") added the
> network namespace as an argument of fib_table_lookup() so that it could
> be passed to the fib_table_lookup tracepoint. However, the function is
> called in the data path and the namespace is only needed when the
> tracepoint is enabled, so the additional argument is unnecessary
> overhead.
>
> Instead, pass the namespace that is now stored in the FIB table to the
> tracepoint. This way, the namespace is only read when the tracepoint is
> enabled. Revert the signature of fib_table_lookup() and its callers to
> what they were before the above commit. The tracepoint itself is
> unchanged.
>
> No functional changes intended.
>
> Suggested-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/43857d08-c4f4-44ce-a0b3-0e7fcc56bf90@redhat.com/
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
> ---
> include/net/ip_fib.h | 12 +++++-------
> net/core/filter.c | 2 +-
> net/ipv4/devinet.c | 3 +--
> net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 6 ++----
> net/ipv4/fib_rules.c | 2 +-
> net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 2 +-
> net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 16 +++++++++-------
> 7 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-14 13:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-14 8:26 [PATCH net-next 0/2] ipv4: Remove netns argument from fib_table_lookup() Ido Schimmel
2026-10-14 8:26 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] ipv4: Store netns in FIB table Ido Schimmel
2026-10-14 13:36 ` David Ahern
2026-10-14 8:26 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] ipv4: Do not pass netns to fib_table_lookup() Ido Schimmel
2026-10-14 13:36 ` David Ahern [this message]
2026-10-14 9:58 ` [PATCH net-next 0/2] ipv4: Remove netns argument from fib_table_lookup() Björn Töpel
2026-10-17 2:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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