On Thu, 2013-10-03 at 21:11 -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h > index a6ac848..5d66cd9 100644 > --- a/include/linux/filter.h > +++ b/include/linux/filter.h > @@ -25,15 +25,20 @@ struct sk_filter > { > atomic_t refcnt; > unsigned int len; /* Number of filter blocks */ > + struct rcu_head rcu; > unsigned int (*bpf_func)(const struct sk_buff *skb, > const struct sock_filter *filter); > - struct rcu_head rcu; > + /* insns start right after bpf_func, so that sk_run_filter() fetches > + * first insn from the same cache line that was used to call into > + * sk_run_filter() > + */ > struct sock_filter insns[0]; > }; > > static inline unsigned int sk_filter_len(const struct sk_filter *fp) > { > - return fp->len * sizeof(struct sock_filter) + sizeof(*fp); > + return max(fp->len * sizeof(struct sock_filter), > + sizeof(struct work_struct)) + sizeof(*fp); > } I would use for include/linux/filter.h this (untested) diff : (Note the include <linux/workqueue.h>) I also remove your comment about cache lines, since there is nothing to align stuff on a cache line boundary. diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h index a6ac848..281b05c 100644 --- a/include/linux/filter.h +++ b/include/linux/filter.h @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ #include <linux/atomic.h> #include <linux/compat.h> +#include <linux/workqueue.h> #include <uapi/linux/filter.h> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT @@ -25,15 +26,20 @@ struct sk_filter { atomic_t refcnt; unsigned int len; /* Number of filter blocks */ + struct rcu_head rcu; unsigned int (*bpf_func)(const struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sock_filter *filter); - struct rcu_head rcu; - struct sock_filter insns[0]; + union { + struct work_struct work; + struct sock_filter insns[0]; + }; }; -static inline unsigned int sk_filter_len(const struct sk_filter *fp) +static inline unsigned int sk_filter_size(const struct sk_filter *fp, + unsigned int proglen) { - return fp->len * sizeof(struct sock_filter) + sizeof(*fp); + return max(sizeof(*fp), + offsetof(struct sk_filter, insns[proglen])); } extern int sk_filter(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb); This way, you can use sk_filter_size(fp, fprog->len) instead of doing the max() games in sk_attach_filter() and sk_unattached_filter_create() Other than that, I think your patch is fine. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html