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author | Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org> | 2013-10-24 13:50:11 +0000 |
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committer | Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org> | 2013-10-24 13:50:11 +0000 |
commit | e72c7e17a475c00134c56f4392578ddc16a47a2e (patch) | |
tree | 842835f958f9c9ed315cb853173d51e43f76bbf5 /target/linux/generic/patches-3.12/656-skb_reduce_truesize-helper.patch | |
parent | 4341ea40379ed24c103e37b75661c62bfc3270f6 (diff) | |
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preliminary 3.12 support
Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
SVN-Revision: 38528
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diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.12/656-skb_reduce_truesize-helper.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.12/656-skb_reduce_truesize-helper.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..07cd2a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.12/656-skb_reduce_truesize-helper.patch @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +From 4593a806e31119c5bd3faa00c7210ad862d515af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Dave Taht <dave.taht@bufferbloat.net> +Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:02:21 -0800 +Subject: [PATCH 3/7] skb_reduce_truesize: helper function for shrinking skbs + whenever needed + +On embedded devices in particular, large queues of small packets from the rx +path with a large truesize can exist. Reducing their size can reduce +memory pressure. skb_reduce_truesize is a helper function for doing this, +when needed. +--- + include/linux/skbuff.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ + 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) + +--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h ++++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h +@@ -1795,6 +1795,24 @@ static inline void pskb_trim_unique(stru + BUG_ON(err); + } + ++/* ++ * Caller wants to reduce memory needs before queueing skb ++ * The (expensive) copy should not be be done in fast path. ++ */ ++static inline struct sk_buff *skb_reduce_truesize(struct sk_buff *skb) ++{ ++ if (skb->truesize > 2 * SKB_TRUESIZE(skb->len)) { ++ struct sk_buff *nskb; ++ nskb = skb_copy_expand(skb, skb_headroom(skb), 0, ++ GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN); ++ if (nskb) { ++ __kfree_skb(skb); ++ skb = nskb; ++ } ++ } ++ return skb; ++} ++ + /** + * skb_orphan - orphan a buffer + * @skb: buffer to orphan |