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authorZhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@oracle.com>2018-03-21 11:08:37 +0300
committerJason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>2018-03-29 22:25:22 +0300
commit99dae690255e90f5cbefcc76ad92b35cdf87d14d (patch)
tree840e12300389008def05b4c4d8b703b89e7c8a56 /drivers/infiniband
parenta343e3f89e365a598ab4061fd2bc9ed5daf1905d (diff)
downloadlinux-99dae690255e90f5cbefcc76ad92b35cdf87d14d.tar.xz
IB/rxe: optimize mcast recv process
In mcast recv process, the function skb_clone is used. In fact, the refcount can be increased to replace cloning a new skb since the original skb will not be modified before it is freed. This can make the performance better and save the memory. CC: Srinivas Eeda <srinivas.eeda@oracle.com> CC: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband')
-rw-r--r--drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c14
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
index 08ad9dc72205..dd80c7d9074a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt = SKB_TO_PKT(skb);
struct rxe_mc_grp *mcg;
- struct sk_buff *skb_copy;
struct rxe_mc_elem *mce;
struct rxe_qp *qp;
union ib_gid dgid;
@@ -309,18 +308,14 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
continue;
/* if *not* the last qp in the list
- * make a copy of the skb to post to the next qp
+ * increase the users of the skb then post to the next qp
*/
- skb_copy = (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list) ?
- skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC) : NULL;
+ if (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list)
+ refcount_inc(&skb->users);
pkt->qp = qp;
rxe_add_ref(qp);
rxe_rcv_pkt(rxe, pkt, skb);
-
- skb = skb_copy;
- if (!skb)
- break;
}
spin_unlock_bh(&mcg->mcg_lock);
@@ -328,8 +323,7 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
rxe_drop_ref(mcg); /* drop ref from rxe_pool_get_key. */
err1:
- if (skb)
- kfree_skb(skb);
+ kfree_skb(skb);
}
static int rxe_match_dgid(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)