On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 18:54, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Björn Töpel wrote: > > From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > The xskmap flush list is used to track entries that need to flushed > > from via the xdp_do_flush_map() function. This list used to be > > per-map, but there is really no reason for that. Instead make the > > flush list global for all xskmaps, which simplifies __xsk_map_flush() > > and xsk_map_alloc(). > > > > Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Just to check. The reason this is OK is because xdp_do_flush_map() > is called from NAPI context and is per CPU so the only entries on > the list will be from the current cpu napi context? Correct! > Even in the case > where multiple xskmaps exist we can't have entries from more than > a single map on any list at the same time by my reading. > No, there can be entries from different (XSK) maps. Instead of focusing on maps to flush, focus on *entries* to flush. At the end of the poll function, all entries (regardless of map origin) will be flushed. Makes sense? Björn > LGTM, > Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
