Re: [PATCH v8.1 net-next 01/23] net/tcp: Prepare tcp_md5sig_pool for TCP-AO

From: Dmitry Safonov
Date: Mon Jul 24 2023 - 12:06:40 EST


Hi Simon,

On 7/24/23 14:11, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 05:18:52PM +0100, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
>
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> some minor nits from my side.
>
> ...
>
>> +/**
>> + * tcp_sigpool_start - disable bh and start using tcp_sigpool_ahash
>> + * @id: tcp_sigpool that was previously allocated by tcp_sigpool_alloc_ahash()
>> + * @c: returned tcp_sigpool for usage (uninitialized on failure)
>> + */
>> +int tcp_sigpool_start(unsigned int id, struct tcp_sigpool *c);
>> +/**
>> + * tcp_sigpool_end - enable bh and stop using tcp_sigpool
>
> nit: as this is a kernel doc, please document @c here.

Thanks, yeah, I also noticed that on netdev/kdoc and there are some
other nits on the patchwork that Intel's build bot didn't report to my
surprise. Will address them in v9.

>> + */
>> +void tcp_sigpool_end(struct tcp_sigpool *c);
>> +size_t tcp_sigpool_algo(unsigned int id, char *buf, size_t buf_len);
>> /* - functions */
>> int tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(char *md5_hash, const struct tcp_md5sig_key *key,
>> const struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb);
>
> ...
>
>> @@ -1439,8 +1443,7 @@ int tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(char *md5_hash, const struct tcp_md5sig_key *key,
>> const struct sock *sk,
>> const struct sk_buff *skb)
>> {
>> - struct tcp_md5sig_pool *hp;
>> - struct ahash_request *req;
>> + struct tcp_sigpool hp;
>> const struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
>> __be32 saddr, daddr;
>
> nit: please consider using reverse xmas tree - longest line to shortest -
> for these local variable declarations.
>
> const struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
> struct tcp_sigpool hp;
> __be32 saddr, daddr;
>
> Likewise, elsewhere, when it can be done without excess churn.

Yeah, fail enough, I usually keep it Xmas-like, but sometimes they slip
in unnoticed. I'll take a look over the patches.

Thanks,
Dmitry