[NET]: Implement SKB fast cloning.
Protocols that make extensive use of SKB cloning,
for example TCP, eat at least 2 allocations per
packet sent as a result.
To cut the kmalloc() count in half, we implement
a pre-allocation scheme wherein we allocate
2 sk_buff objects in advance, then use a simple
reference count to free up the memory at the
correct time.
Based upon an initial patch by Thomas Graf and
suggestions from Herbert Xu.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 39a161d..b853a9b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
#include <asm/system.h>
static kmem_cache_t *skbuff_head_cache;
+static kmem_cache_t *skbuff_fclone_cache;
struct timeval __read_mostly skb_tv_base;
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@
*/
/**
- * alloc_skb - allocate a network buffer
+ * __alloc_skb - allocate a network buffer
* @size: size to allocate
* @gfp_mask: allocation mask
*
@@ -131,14 +132,20 @@
* Buffers may only be allocated from interrupts using a @gfp_mask of
* %GFP_ATOMIC.
*/
-struct sk_buff *alloc_skb(unsigned int size, unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask)
+struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask,
+ int fclone)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
u8 *data;
/* Get the HEAD */
- skb = kmem_cache_alloc(skbuff_head_cache,
- gfp_mask & ~__GFP_DMA);
+ if (fclone)
+ skb = kmem_cache_alloc(skbuff_fclone_cache,
+ gfp_mask & ~__GFP_DMA);
+ else
+ skb = kmem_cache_alloc(skbuff_head_cache,
+ gfp_mask & ~__GFP_DMA);
+
if (!skb)
goto out;
@@ -155,7 +162,15 @@
skb->data = data;
skb->tail = data;
skb->end = data + size;
+ if (fclone) {
+ struct sk_buff *child = skb + 1;
+ atomic_t *fclone_ref = (atomic_t *) (child + 1);
+ skb->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_ORIG;
+ atomic_set(fclone_ref, 1);
+
+ child->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE;
+ }
atomic_set(&(skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref), 1);
skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags = 0;
skb_shinfo(skb)->tso_size = 0;
@@ -268,8 +283,34 @@
*/
void kfree_skbmem(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
+ struct sk_buff *other;
+ atomic_t *fclone_ref;
+
skb_release_data(skb);
- kmem_cache_free(skbuff_head_cache, skb);
+ switch (skb->fclone) {
+ case SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE:
+ kmem_cache_free(skbuff_head_cache, skb);
+ break;
+
+ case SKB_FCLONE_ORIG:
+ fclone_ref = (atomic_t *) (skb + 2);
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(fclone_ref))
+ kmem_cache_free(skbuff_fclone_cache, skb);
+ break;
+
+ case SKB_FCLONE_CLONE:
+ fclone_ref = (atomic_t *) (skb + 1);
+ other = skb - 1;
+
+ /* The clone portion is available for
+ * fast-cloning again.
+ */
+ skb->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE;
+
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(fclone_ref))
+ kmem_cache_free(skbuff_fclone_cache, other);
+ break;
+ };
}
/**
@@ -324,10 +365,20 @@
struct sk_buff *skb_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask)
{
- struct sk_buff *n = kmem_cache_alloc(skbuff_head_cache, gfp_mask);
+ struct sk_buff *n;
- if (!n)
- return NULL;
+ n = skb + 1;
+ if (skb->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_ORIG &&
+ n->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE) {
+ atomic_t *fclone_ref = (atomic_t *) (n + 1);
+ n->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_CLONE;
+ atomic_inc(fclone_ref);
+ } else {
+ n = kmem_cache_alloc(skbuff_head_cache, gfp_mask);
+ if (!n)
+ return NULL;
+ n->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE;
+ }
#define C(x) n->x = skb->x
@@ -409,6 +460,7 @@
new->mac.raw = old->mac.raw + offset;
memcpy(new->cb, old->cb, sizeof(old->cb));
new->local_df = old->local_df;
+ new->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE;
new->pkt_type = old->pkt_type;
new->tstamp = old->tstamp;
new->destructor = NULL;
@@ -1647,13 +1699,23 @@
NULL, NULL);
if (!skbuff_head_cache)
panic("cannot create skbuff cache");
+
+ skbuff_fclone_cache = kmem_cache_create("skbuff_fclone_cache",
+ (2*sizeof(struct sk_buff)) +
+ sizeof(atomic_t),
+ 0,
+ SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+ NULL, NULL);
+ if (!skbuff_fclone_cache)
+ panic("cannot create skbuff cache");
+
do_gettimeofday(&skb_tv_base);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(___pskb_trim);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kfree_skb);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_skb);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_skb);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_copy);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pskb_expand_head);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum);