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Re: [PATCH] ipvs: Use flexible array for MH lookup table

To: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipvs: Use flexible array for MH lookup table
Cc: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>, Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>, "open list:IPVS" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "open list:IPVS" <lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "open list:NETFILTER" <coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, open list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 20:08:58 +0300 (EEST)
        Hello,

On Mon, 18 May 2026, Rosen Penev wrote:

> Store the Maglev hash lookup table in the scheduler state
> allocation instead of allocating it separately.
> 
> This keeps the lookup table tied to the RCU-freed state lifetime and
> simplifies the allocation and cleanup paths.
> 
> Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_mh.c | 11 ++---------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_mh.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_mh.c
> index 020863047562..d31d3c6d4216 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_mh.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_mh.c
> @@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ static int primes[] = {251, 509, 1021, 2039, 4093,
>  
>  struct ip_vs_mh_state {
>       struct rcu_head                 rcu_head;
> -     struct ip_vs_mh_lookup          *lookup;
>       struct ip_vs_mh_dest_setup      *dest_setup;
>       hsiphash_key_t                  hash1, hash2;
>       int                             gcd;
>       int                             rshift;
> +     struct ip_vs_mh_lookup          lookup[];
>  };
>  
>  static inline void generate_hash_secret(hsiphash_key_t *hash1,
> @@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ static void ip_vs_mh_state_free(struct rcu_head *head)

        We can even drop this function and replace it with
kfree(s) in ip_vs_mh_init_svc() and with kfree_rcu(s, rcu_head)
in ip_vs_mh_done_svc(), you can see ip_vs_dh.c for reference...

>       struct ip_vs_mh_state *s;
>  
>       s = container_of(head, struct ip_vs_mh_state, rcu_head);
> -     kfree(s->lookup);
>       kfree(s);
>  }
>  
> @@ -382,16 +381,10 @@ static int ip_vs_mh_init_svc(struct ip_vs_service *svc)
>       struct ip_vs_mh_state *s;
>  
>       /* Allocate the MH table for this service */
> -     s = kzalloc_obj(*s);
> +     s = kzalloc_flex(*s, lookup, IP_VS_MH_TAB_SIZE);
>       if (!s)
>               return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -     s->lookup = kzalloc_objs(struct ip_vs_mh_lookup, IP_VS_MH_TAB_SIZE);
> -     if (!s->lookup) {
> -             kfree(s);
> -             return -ENOMEM;
> -     }
> -
>       generate_hash_secret(&s->hash1, &s->hash2);
>       s->gcd = ip_vs_mh_gcd_weight(svc);
>       s->rshift = ip_vs_mh_shift_weight(svc, s->gcd);
> -- 
> 2.54.0

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>



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