From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: pull request: batman-adv 20140322 Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:00:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20140322.150054.1510542767128325330.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1395478576-10999-1-git-send-email-antonio@meshcoding.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org To: antonio@meshcoding.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:46636 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750795AbaCVTA7 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:00:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1395478576-10999-1-git-send-email-antonio@meshcoding.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: =46rom: Antonio Quartulli Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:56:00 +0100 > here you have our patchset for net-next/linux-3.15. > They are 16 patches but most of them are just small cleanups and kern= eldoc > improvements. >=20 > The only big change is the one from patch 8 to 13 by Linus L=FCssing = that > introduces a new multicast packets optimisation. This new component a= ims to > reduce the air overhead by sending multicast packets as bat-unicast > when only one destination exists or by dropping them directly at the = source if > the multicast group is totally empty. >=20 > In patch 11 Linus introduces an atomic_t variable, that like others t= hat we > already have is only object of write and read, thus making the atomic > characteristic totally useless. > Unfortunately this is part of our sysfs framework, that helps the dev= eloper to > introduce new knobs by using few macros only. For this reason we deci= ded to keep > Linus' new knob for now, but I'd like to let you know that we are in = the process > of re-working such framework in order to convert all the current (use= less) > atomic_t to boolean in one go. >=20 > Please pull or let me know of any problem! Pulled, thanks Antonio. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:00:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20140322.150054.1510542767128325330.davem@davemloft.net> From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1395478576-10999-1-git-send-email-antonio@meshcoding.com> References: <1395478576-10999-1-git-send-email-antonio@meshcoding.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] pull request: batman-adv 20140322 Reply-To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: antonio@meshcoding.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org From: Antonio Quartulli Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:56:00 +0100 > here you have our patchset for net-next/linux-3.15. > They are 16 patches but most of them are just small cleanups and kern= eldoc > improvements. > = > The only big change is the one from patch 8 to 13 by Linus L=FCssing = that > introduces a new multicast packets optimisation. This new component a= ims to > reduce the air overhead by sending multicast packets as bat-unicast > when only one destination exists or by dropping them directly at the = source if > the multicast group is totally empty. > = > In patch 11 Linus introduces an atomic_t variable, that like others t= hat we > already have is only object of write and read, thus making the atomic= > characteristic totally useless. > Unfortunately this is part of our sysfs framework, that helps the dev= eloper to > introduce new knobs by using few macros only. For this reason we deci= ded to keep > Linus' new knob for now, but I'd like to let you know that we are in = the process > of re-working such framework in order to convert all the current (use= less) > atomic_t to boolean in one go. > = > Please pull or let me know of any problem! Pulled, thanks Antonio.