tree 0bfc57e73f0bf9f7bb9d5c8ce7d3d5afe550f94e
parent e92ae93a8aa66aea12935420cb22d4df1c18d023
author David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1124315850 -0700
committer David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> 1125356514 -0700

[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>