[Bridge] Re: [PATCH/RFC] Reduce call chain length in netfilter
(was: Re: do_IRQ: stack overflow: 872..)
Martin Josefsson
gandalf at wlug.westbo.se
Sun Jan 23 08:08:29 PST 2005
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 13:40 +0100, Bart De Schuymer wrote:
> Hi Martin,
Hi Bart
> > I guess you never testcompiled with CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG set :)
>
> Oops, no. I was imagining I could code that without error...
> There was another compile error with CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG in the patch
> (skb that should have been (*pskb)) :(
:)
> > > + if (verdict > NF_MAX_VERDICT) {
> > > + NFDEBUG("Evil return from %p(%u).\n",
> > > + elem->hook, hook);
> > > + continue;
> > > + }
> >
> > Maybe add unlikely() around the test?
>
> OK. I added another one around another debugging if-statement.
I'm now running a kernel with this patch and everything seems to still
be working.
So unless someone else has something to comment I think this should be
applied.
The decrease in call-depth is important.
--
/Martin
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