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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next 04/11] tuntap: simplify error handling in tun_build_skb()
On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 11:22:00AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > @@ -1668,6 +1668,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
> > > if (copied != len)
> > > return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
> > > + get_page(alloc_frag->page);
> > > + alloc_frag->offset += buflen;
> > > +
> > This adds an atomic op on XDP_DROP which is a data path
> > operation for some workloads.
>
> Yes, I have patch on top to amortize this, the idea is to have a very big
> refcount once after the frag was allocated and maintain a bias and decrease
> them all when allocating new frags.'

Why bother with refcounting for a drop though? It should be simple.

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