Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 0/9] Handle multiple received packets at each stage

[Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2018-07-02 at 09:40 -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 7/2/18 9:11 AM, Edward Cree wrote:
> > This patch series adds the capability for the network stack to receive a
> >  list of packets and process them as a unit, rather than handling each
> >  packet singly in sequence.  This is done by factoring out the existing
> >  datapath code at each layer and wrapping it in list handling code.
> > 
> 
> ...
> 
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c        |  12 +++
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h |   3 +
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c         |   7 +-
> >  include/linux/list.h                  |  30 ++++++
> >  include/linux/netdevice.h             |   4 +
> >  include/linux/netfilter.h             |  22 +++++
> >  include/net/ip.h                      |   2 +
> >  include/trace/events/net.h            |   7 ++
> >  net/core/dev.c                        | 174 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  net/ipv4/af_inet.c                    |   1 +
> >  net/ipv4/ip_input.c                   | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  11 files changed, 360 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> Nice work. Have you looked at IPv6 support yet?

I think this work opens opportunities for a lot of follow-ups, if there
is agreement on extending this approach to other areas. Onother item
I'd like to investigate is TC processing.

Cheers,

Paolo