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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-05-27 14:43:58 +0000
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-05-27 14:43:58 +0000
commit6f89cffc9add6939d44a6b54cf9a5e77849aa7fd (patch)
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kernel: add a few patches for avoiding unnecessary skb reallocations - significantly improves ethernet<->wireless performance with mac80211 based drivers
SVN-Revision: 31886
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diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/654-avoid_skb_cow_realloc.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/654-avoid_skb_cow_realloc.patch
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index 0000000..dfa9819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/654-avoid_skb_cow_realloc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
++++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
+@@ -1850,12 +1850,15 @@ static inline int skb_clone_writable(con
+ static inline int __skb_cow(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int headroom,
+ int cloned)
+ {
++ unsigned int alloc_headroom = headroom;
+ int delta = 0;
+
+ if (headroom < NET_SKB_PAD)
+- headroom = NET_SKB_PAD;
+- if (headroom > skb_headroom(skb))
++ alloc_headroom = NET_SKB_PAD;
++ if (headroom > skb_headroom(skb) ||
++ (cloned && alloc_headroom > skb_headroom(skb))) {
+ delta = headroom - skb_headroom(skb);
++ }
+
+ if (delta || cloned)
+ return pskb_expand_head(skb, ALIGN(delta, NET_SKB_PAD), 0,