On Thu, 2015-10-29 at 07:31 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Wed, 2015-10-28 at 18:39 +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote: > > This patch changes how the multipath hash is computed for locally > > generated UDP or TCP flows: now the hash comprises also l4 information > > (source and destination port). > > > > This allows better utilization of the available paths when the existing > > flows have the same source IP and the same destination IP: with l3 hash, > > even when multiple connections are in place simultaneously, a single path > > will be used, while with l4 hash we can use all the available paths. > > > > Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pab...@redhat.com> > > Please note that many skb already have a l4 hash. No need to perform yet > another dissection.
This patch do not add dissection code: it use the information provided by the available flowi4 structure. Moreover the skb is not available on the calling site (in __ip_route_output_key_hash) and pushing it all the way will require a lot of intrusive changes. Do you think it's the better option ? Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
