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From: Jiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com>
To: Pravin Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] vxlan: simplify exception handling
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:33:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161110193347.0e81d68b@griffin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOrHB_BdYpCpjrzHmNmEkvhXk7u6Gb_1aRyggeCrsL0Jx1nkvw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:10:09 -0800, Pravin Shelar wrote:
> I wanted to do same, that is free dst and skb in caller function. But
> that would need more changes due to discrepancy in IPv4 udp-tunnel and
> IPv6 udp-tunnel api. IPv4 works on route entry and IPv6 needs dst
> entry. so If caller frees dst-entry then I need additional variable to
> keep track of dst entry which is what I am trying to avoid.

Is additional variable really that bad? It's likely to be optimized by
the compiler and it will lead to less surprises. You obviously caught
me during review :-)

 Jiri

  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-10 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-05 18:45 [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] vxlan: General improvements Pravin B Shelar
2016-11-05 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] vxlan: avoid vlan processing in vxlan device Pravin B Shelar
2016-11-06  9:57   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-11-09 16:04   ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-05 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] vxlan: simplify exception handling Pravin B Shelar
2016-11-09 16:10   ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-10  3:33     ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-10  9:47       ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-10 18:10         ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-10 18:33           ` Jiri Benc [this message]
2016-11-10 19:21             ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-11 11:14               ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-11 23:24                 ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-05 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/7] vxlan: avoid checking socket multiple times Pravin B Shelar
2016-11-09 16:16   ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-09 16:34   ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-10  3:33     ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-05 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/7] vxlan: improve vxlan route lookup checks Pravin B Shelar
2016-11-09 16:41   ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-10  3:34     ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-10  9:56       ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-10 18:10         ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-10 18:37           ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-05 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/7] vxlan: simplify RTF_LOCAL handling Pravin B Shelar
2016-11-09 16:53   ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-10  3:34     ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-05 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] vxlan: simplify vxlan xmit Pravin B Shelar
2016-11-09 16:59   ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-10  3:35     ` Pravin Shelar
2016-11-10 10:08       ` Jiri Benc
2016-11-05 18:45 ` [PATCH net-next v2 7/7] vxlan: remove unsed vxlan_dev_dst_port() Pravin B Shelar

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