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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2014-10-06 01:38:35 (GMT)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-10-07 17:22:11 (GMT)
commit0287587884b15041203b3a362d485e1ab1f24445 (patch)
tree675ae57663c1ba3ee8768e65e7fb0e6d0259e04c /net/ipv4
parentfe971b95c22578456ff7198537827841c726d3f7 (diff)
downloadlinux-0287587884b15041203b3a362d485e1ab1f24445.tar.xz
net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support
Testing xmit_more support with netperf and connected UDP sockets, I found strange dst refcount false sharing. Current handling of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is not optimal. Dropping dst in validate_xmit_skb() is certainly too late in case packet was queued by cpu X but dequeued by cpu Y The logical point to take care of drop/force is in __dev_queue_xmit() before even taking qdisc lock. As Julian Anastasov pointed out, need for skb_dst() might come from some packet schedulers or classifiers. This patch adds new helper to cleanly express needs of various drivers or qdiscs/classifiers. Drivers that need skb_dst() in their ndo_start_xmit() should call following helper in their setup instead of the prior : dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE; -> netif_keep_dst(dev); Instead of using a single bit, we use two bits, one being eventually rebuilt in bonding/team drivers. The other one, is permanent and blocks IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE being rebuilt in bonding/team. Eventually, we could add something smarter later. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/ip_gre.c2
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/ip_vti.c2
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/ipip.c2
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 0485ef1..12055fd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
memcpy(dev->broadcast, &iph->daddr, 4);
dev->flags = IFF_NOARP;
- dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
+ netif_keep_dst(dev);
dev->addr_len = 4;
if (iph->daddr) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index e453cb7..3e86101 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int vti_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
dev->iflink = 0;
dev->addr_len = 4;
dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
- dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
+ netif_keep_dst(dev);
return ip_tunnel_init(dev);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index ea88ab3..37096d6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void ipip_tunnel_setup(struct net_device *dev)
dev->iflink = 0;
dev->addr_len = 4;
dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
- dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
+ netif_keep_dst(dev);
dev->features |= IPIP_FEATURES;
dev->hw_features |= IPIP_FEATURES;