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authorVivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>2017-06-01 16:07:11 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-06-01 17:34:56 -0400
commit73a7ece8f70c955464080e434b5324bcdfdcb1b1 (patch)
tree7fe736c325597b74745ebe2cf828c9e209ebf70d /include/net/dsa.h
parent0266f79778de0afadd070941aae493c28529d974 (diff)
downloadlinux-73a7ece8f70c955464080e434b5324bcdfdcb1b1.tar.gz
net: dsa: comment hot path requirements
The DSA layer uses inline helpers and copy of the tagging functions for
faster access in hot path. Add comments to detail that.

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/dsa.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/dsa.h3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index 7de1234ba136..18ca0a935c96 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ struct dsa_switch_tree {
 	 * protocol to use.
 	 */
 	struct net_device	*master_netdev;
+
+	/* Copy of tag_ops->rcv for faster access in hot path */
 	struct sk_buff *	(*rcv)(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       struct net_device *dev,
 				       struct packet_type *pt,
@@ -465,6 +467,7 @@ struct mii_bus *dsa_host_dev_to_mii_bus(struct device *dev);
 
 struct net_device *dsa_dev_to_net_device(struct device *dev);
 
+/* Keep inline for faster access in hot path */
 static inline bool dsa_uses_tagged_protocol(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst)
 {
 	return dst->rcv != NULL;