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Re: [RFC 2.6.10 5/22] xfrm: Attempt to offload bundled xfrm_states for o

To: David Dillow <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2.6.10 5/22] xfrm: Attempt to offload bundled xfrm_states for outbound xfrms
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:34:43 +0100
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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David Dillow <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
[...]
> diff -Nru a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c  2004-12-30 01:11:18 -05:00
> +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c  2004-12-30 01:11:18 -05:00
> @@ -705,6 +705,31 @@
>       };
>  }
>  
> +static void xfrm_accel_bundle(struct dst_entry *dst)
> +{
> +     struct xfrm_bundle_list bundle, *xbl, *tmp;
> +     struct net_device *dev = dst->dev;
> +     INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bundle.node);
> +
> +     if (dev && netif_running(dev) && (dev->features & NETIF_F_IPSEC)) {
> +             while (dst) {
> +                     xbl = kmalloc(sizeof(*xbl), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +                     if (!xbl)
> +                             goto out;
> +
> +                     xbl->dst = dst;
> +                     list_add_tail(&xbl->node, &bundle.node);
> +                     dst = dst->child;
> +             }
> +
> +             dev->xfrm_bundle_add(dev, &bundle);
> +     }
> +
> +out:
> +     list_for_each_entry_safe(xbl, tmp, &bundle.node, node)
> +             kfree(xbl);
> +}

If the driver knows the max depth which is allowed, why not have it
allocate its own bundle-like struct during initialization one for once ?
Instead of pushing the bundle list, dst is walked by the code of
the device's own xyz_xfrm_bundle_add into the said circular list,
entries get overwriten if the dst chain is longer and when the end of
dst is reached, the bundle-like list is walked in reverse order.
It avoids a few failure points imho.

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