From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next,v1 1/3] netfilter: nf_tables: add .abort_skip_removal flag for set types
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:59:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aWkA2d1sSGgPFIV2@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260115124322.90712-2-pablo@netfilter.org>
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
> The pipapo set backend is the only user of the .abort interface so far.
> To speed up pipapo abort path, removals are skipped.
>
> The follow up patch updates the rbtree to use to build an array of
> ordered elements, then use binary search. This needs a new .abort
> interface but, unlike pipapo, it also need to undo/remove elements.
>
> Add a flag and use it from the pipapo set backend.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
> ---
> include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 1 +
> net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +-
> net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
> index fab7dc73f738..21af1a2a6d3d 100644
> --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
> +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
> @@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ struct nft_set_ops {
> const struct nft_set *set);
> void (*gc_init)(const struct nft_set *set);
>
> + bool abort_skip_removal;
> unsigned int elemsize;
> };
>
This gives kdoc warning:
Warning: include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:513 struct member 'abort_skip_removal' not described in 'nft_set_ops'
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-15 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-15 12:43 [PATCH nf-next,v1 0/3] convert rbtree to binary search array Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-01-15 12:43 ` [PATCH nf-next,v1 1/3] netfilter: nf_tables: add .abort_skip_removal flag for set types Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-01-15 14:59 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-01-15 12:43 ` [PATCH nf-next,v1 2/3] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: translate rbtree to array for binary search Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-01-16 4:21 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-15 12:43 ` [PATCH nf-next,v1 3/3] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: use binary search array in get command Pablo Neira Ayuso
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