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From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/18] pcap: Introduce pcap_frame() helper
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 18:45:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230104184503.2d7d0966@elisabeth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221209054228.4085990-2-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>

On Fri,  9 Dec 2022 16:42:11 +1100
David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:

> pcap(), pcapm() and pcapmm() duplicate some code, for the actual writing
> to the capture file.  The main purpose pf pcapm() and pcampp() not calling
> pcap seems to be to avoid repeatedly calling gettimeofday().  We can
> accomplish that while still sharing code by adding a new helper which
> takes the packet timestamp as a parameter.

Another purpose is to avoid logging errors for single messages in
batches -- if something goes wrong with the log file, it gets noisy to
the point of making passt unusable during throughput tests.

Sure, it's quite unlikely to happen during normal operation -- still,
should you re-spin, pcap_frame() could return errors and callers could
abort early in case.

-- 
Stefano


  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-04 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-09  5:42 [PATCH v2 00/18] RFC: Unify and simplify tap send path David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 01/18] pcap: Introduce pcap_frame() helper David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio [this message]
2023-01-05  4:47     ` David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 02/18] pcap: Replace pcapm() with pcap_multiple() David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 03/18] tcp: Combine two parts of passt tap send path together David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 04/18] tcp: Don't keep compute total bytes in a message until we need it David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05  4:48     ` David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 05/18] tcp: Improve interface to tcp_l2_buf_flush() David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05  4:53     ` David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 06/18] tcp: Combine two parts of pasta tap send path together David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 07/18] tap, tcp: Move tap send path to tap.c David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 08/18] util: Introduce hton*_constant() in place of #ifdefs David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 09/18] tcp, udp: Use named field initializers in iov_init functions David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 10/18] util: Parameterize ethernet header initializer macro David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 11/18] tcp: Remove redundant and incorrect initialization from *_iov_init() David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 12/18] tcp: Consolidate calculation of total frame size David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 13/18] tap: Add "tap headers" abstraction David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 14/18] tcp: Use abstracted tap header David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 15/18] tap: Use different io vector bases depending on tap type David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 16/18] udp: Use abstracted tap header David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 17/18] udp: Use tap_send_frames() David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05  4:54     ` David Gibson
2022-12-09  5:42 ` [PATCH v2 18/18] tap: Improve handling of partial frame sends David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05  4:57     ` David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 00/18] RFC: Unify and simplify tap send path Stefano Brivio

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