[PATCH net-next v8 03/10] net: psample: skip packet copy if no listeners

Adrian Moreno
2024-07-02T09:54:10Z

If nobody is listening on the multicast group, generating the sample,
which involves copying packet data, seems completely unnecessary.

Return fast in this case.

Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Moreno <amorenoz@redhat.com>
---
net/psample/psample.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/psample/psample.c b/net/psample/psample.c
index b37488f426bc..1c76f3e48dcd 100644
--- a/net/psample/psample.c
+++ b/net/psample/psample.c
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ void psample_sample_packet(struct psample_group *group, struct sk_buff *skb,
void *data;
int ret;

+ if (!genl_has_listeners(&psample_nl_family, group->net,
+ PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE))
+ return;
+
meta_len = (in_ifindex ? nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) : 0) +
(out_ifindex ? nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) : 0) +
(md->out_tc_valid ? nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) : 0) +
--
2.45.2