From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] llc: convert the socket list to RCU locking (was Re: [PATCH 3/4] llc: use a device based hash table to speed up multicast delivery)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:26:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B1EC47B.9040305@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200912082310.45846.opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Octavian Purdila a écrit :
>>
>
> OK, here is my first try at llc RCU-fication.
Nice work !
>
> One doubt before pasting the code: In slab.h comment and in udp.c I see the lookup is restarted if an improper object is returned. Is that really required?
>
Its needed only if you convert to a hash table (more than one chain),
and I guess you definitly want a fanout of your XXXX items ?
Check Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt for details :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-08 21:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-03 22:31 [PATCH 0/4] llc enhancements Octavian Purdila
2009-12-03 22:31 ` [PATCH 1/4] llc: use dev_hard_header Octavian Purdila
2009-12-03 22:31 ` [PATCH 2/4] llc: add support for LLC_OPT_PKTINFO Octavian Purdila
2009-12-03 22:31 ` [PATCH 3/4] llc: use a device based hash table to speed up multicast delivery Octavian Purdila
2009-12-03 22:59 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-12-03 23:30 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-12-03 23:52 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-12-04 0:15 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-12-04 0:28 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-12-08 21:10 ` [RFC PATCH] llc: convert the socket list to RCU locking (was Re: [PATCH 3/4] llc: use a device based hash table to speed up multicast delivery) Octavian Purdila
2009-12-08 21:26 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2009-12-09 20:19 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-12-09 20:36 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-12-09 21:49 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-12-09 22:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-12-09 20:52 ` Jarek Poplawski
2009-12-03 23:25 ` [PATCH 3/4] llc: use a device based hash table to speed up multicast delivery Stephen Hemminger
2009-12-03 23:53 ` Octavian Purdila
2009-12-04 0:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-12-03 22:31 ` [PATCH 4/4] llc: replace the socket list with a local address based hash Octavian Purdila
2009-12-03 23:55 ` [PATCH 0/4] llc enhancements David Miller
2009-12-04 0:20 ` Octavian Purdila
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