Re: [PATCH net-next,1/3] hv_netvsc: Use per socket hash when available

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Apr 11 2017 - 22:12:53 EST


From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 17:53:59 -0700

> diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> index f24c289..0a129cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> @@ -211,9 +211,14 @@ static u16 netvsc_select_queue(struct net_device *ndev, struct sk_buff *skb,
> int q_idx = sk_tx_queue_get(sk);
>
> if (q_idx < 0 || skb->ooo_okay || q_idx >= num_tx_queues) {
> - u16 hash = __skb_tx_hash(ndev, skb, VRSS_SEND_TAB_SIZE);
> + u16 hash;
> int new_idx;
>
> + if (sk)
> + skb_set_hash_from_sk(skb, sk);
> +
> + hash = __skb_tx_hash(ndev, skb, VRSS_SEND_TAB_SIZE);

Please do not do this.

TCP performs this operation for you for every pack it emits.

And also every socket family that uses skb_set_owner_w() either
directly or indirectly gets this done as well.

I do not want to see drivers start to get peppered with calls to this
thing.

Explain the case which is missing that matters, and we can address
that instead.

Thanks.