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authorgVisor bot <gvisor-bot@google.com>2021-05-12 20:28:06 +0000
committergVisor bot <gvisor-bot@google.com>2021-05-12 20:28:06 +0000
commit0bf9a1ff877824eacb9df300f67def0babb20c9d (patch)
tree73750c067b12c71837c8bff28ff698b707774bf4 /pkg/tcpip/link/tun
parentaadafcd285f6b78127bca5b6b7fa6b0c5abcc2da (diff)
parent07e32fa6967370ef29327417fd941c5130335fbc (diff)
Merge release-20210503.0-47-g07e32fa69 (automated)
Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/link/tun')
-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/link/tun/tun_endpoint_refs.go8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/link/tun/tun_endpoint_refs.go b/pkg/tcpip/link/tun/tun_endpoint_refs.go
index 276cbdb20..f234df139 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/link/tun/tun_endpoint_refs.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/link/tun/tun_endpoint_refs.go
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ var tunEndpointobj *tunEndpoint
// Refs implements refs.RefCounter. It keeps a reference count using atomic
// operations and calls the destructor when the count reaches zero.
//
+// NOTE: Do not introduce additional fields to the Refs struct. It is used by
+// many filesystem objects, and we want to keep it as small as possible (i.e.,
+// the same size as using an int64 directly) to avoid taking up extra cache
+// space. In general, this template should not be extended at the cost of
+// performance. If it does not offer enough flexibility for a particular object
+// (example: b/187877947), we should implement the RefCounter/CheckedObject
+// interfaces manually.
+//
// +stateify savable
type tunEndpointRefs struct {
// refCount is composed of two fields: