Re: [PATCH net-next] net: tipc: fix FB_MTU eat two pages

[Menglong Dong]

On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:25 PM Jon Maloy <jmaloy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 6/4/21 9:28 PM, Menglong Dong wrote:
> > Hello Maloy,
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> > On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 3:20 AM Jon Maloy <jmaloy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> Please don't add any extra file just for this little fix. We have enough
> >> files.
> >> Keep the macros in msg.h/c where they used to be.  You can still add
> >> your copyright line to those files.
> >> Regarding the macros kept inside msg.c, they are there because we design
> >> by the principle of minimal exposure, even among our module internal files.
> >> Otherwise it is ok.
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> > I don't want to add a new file too, but I found it's hard to define FB_MTU. I
> > tried to define it in msg.h, and 'crypto.h' should be included, which
> > 'BUF_HEADROOM' is defined in. However, 'msg.h' is already included in
> > 'crypto.h', so it doesn't work.
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> > I tried to define FB_MTU in 'crypto.h', but it feels weird to define
> > it here. And
> > FB_MTU is also used in 'bcast.c', so it can't be defined in 'msg.c'.
> >
> > I will see if there is a better solution.
> I think we can leverage the fact that this by definition is a node local
> message, and those are never encrypted.
> So, if you base FB_MTU on the non-crypto versions of BUF_HEADROOM and
> BUF_TAILROOM we should be safe.
> That will even give us better utilization of the space available.
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Ok, that sounds nice. I'll make a V2 based on that.

Thanks!
Menglong Dong