[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] kni: minor opto

Jay Rolette rolette at infiniteio.com
Mon Jun 15 14:42:39 CEST 2015


On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com> wrote:

> Would it be better to modify the similar thing in kni_ioctl_create()?
>

That one doesn't need to use the "safe" version of list_for_each_entry()
either, but it isn't in the packet processing path so the minor performance
improvement doesn't really matter.


>
> - Helin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Jay Rolette
> > Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2015 3:19 AM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] kni: minor opto
> >
> > Don't need the 'safe' version of list_for_each_entry() if you aren't
> deleting from
> > the list as you iterate over it
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jay Rolette <rolette at infiniteio.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c | 5 ++---
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> > b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> > index 1935d32..312f196 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> > @@ -213,13 +213,12 @@ static int
> >  kni_thread_single(void *unused)
> >  {
> >       int j;
> > -     struct kni_dev *dev, *n;
> > +     struct kni_dev *dev;
> >
> >       while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
> >               down_read(&kni_list_lock);
> >               for (j = 0; j < KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM; j++) {
> > -                     list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, n,
> > -                                     &kni_list_head, list) {
> > +                     list_for_each_entry(dev, &kni_list_head, list) {
> >  #ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
> >                               kni_chk_vhost_rx(dev);
> >  #else
> > --
> > 2.3.2 (Apple Git-55)
>
>


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