[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/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 8d92ab5..75b6811 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@
} else {
/* Socket is locked, keep trying until memory is available. */
for (;;) {
- skb = alloc_skb(MAX_TCP_HEADER, GFP_KERNEL);
+ skb = alloc_skb_fclone(MAX_TCP_HEADER, GFP_KERNEL);
if (skb)
break;
yield();
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@
tcp_connect_init(sk);
- buff = alloc_skb(MAX_TCP_HEADER + 15, sk->sk_allocation);
+ buff = alloc_skb_fclone(MAX_TCP_HEADER + 15, sk->sk_allocation);
if (unlikely(buff == NULL))
return -ENOBUFS;