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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Cc: Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@novell.com>,
	kaber@trash.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	alacrityvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] macvlan: support for guest vm direct rx/tx
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:43:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200911280043.58784.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091113132728.0f1db7c5@s6510>

On Friday 13 November 2009, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Also, macvlan should really being calling netif_receive_skb()
> not going through another queue/softirq cycle.

I've added a patch for this in my experimental queue now.
When I last tried this, I saw a kernel stack overflow
but it seems fine now.

I wonder if we can also return from the macvlan hook with
skb->dev changed to netif_receive_skb rather than calling it
recursively.

	Arnd <><

  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-27 23:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-10 22:27 [PATCH 0/4] vbus: venet macvlan support Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 1/4] macvlan: derived from Arnd Bergmann's patch for macvtap Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 2/4] macvlan: allow in-kernel modules to create and manage macvlan devices Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-11 15:29   ` Patrick McHardy
2009-11-12 18:05     ` [PATCH] netdevice: provide common routine for macvlan and vlan operstate management Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-12 18:21       ` Patrick McHardy
2009-11-13 19:55     ` [PATCH 0/3] macvlan: support for guest vm direct rx/tx Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-13 19:55       ` [PATCH 1/3] netdevice: provide common routine for macvlan and vlan operstate management Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-27 13:09         ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-11-13 19:55       ` [PATCH 2/3] macvlan: derived from Arnd Bergmann's patch for macvtap Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-13 19:55       ` [PATCH 3/3] macvlan: allow in-kernel modules to create and manage macvlan devices Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-27 22:14         ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-11-27 22:19         ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-11-13 21:27       ` [PATCH 0/3] macvlan: support for guest vm direct rx/tx Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-27 23:43         ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2009-11-28  0:19           ` David Miller
2009-11-28  5:38             ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-28  6:58               ` David Miller
2009-11-10 22:28 ` [PATCH 3/4] venetdev: support common venet netdev routines Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-10 22:28 ` [PATCH 4/4] venet-macvlan: add new driver to connect a venet to a macvlan netdevice Patrick Mullaney
2009-11-11 15:36   ` Patrick McHardy
2009-11-12 15:44 ` [PATCH 0/4] vbus: venet macvlan support Gregory Haskins
2009-11-12 15:53   ` Patrick McHardy
2009-11-12 15:54     ` Gregory Haskins
2009-11-12 15:59       ` Patrick McHardy
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-11-13 23:05 [PATCH 0/3] macvlan: support for guest vm direct rx/tx Patrick Mullaney

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