On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 4:55 AM Adrian Moreno via dev < [email protected]> wrote:
> Netdev flags are queried multiple times per poll loop. Sending a GETLINK > command for each can be very inefficient if there is RTNL lock > contention. > > Cache the result of the query as we do with other netdev attributes. > > Therefore, "netdev_get_flags" no longer fully populates the full > internal netdev state. It only updates the flags, if needed. > > While testing, "insert_ipdev__()" was flagged as (incorrectly) > relying on the old behavior, so this patch also makes sure the > netdev's seq is cached only after the relevant internal fields > have been fully updated. > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Moreno <[email protected]> > --- Acked-by: Mike Pattrick <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
