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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp.c31
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index a13fcb369f52..7dae800092e6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1020,17 +1020,31 @@ int tcp_sendpage(struct sock *sk, struct page *page, int offset,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_sendpage);
-static inline int select_size(const struct sock *sk, bool sg)
+/* Do not bother using a page frag for very small frames.
+ * But use this heuristic only for the first skb in write queue.
+ *
+ * Having no payload in skb->head allows better SACK shifting
+ * in tcp_shift_skb_data(), reducing sack/rack overhead, because
+ * write queue has less skbs.
+ * Each skb can hold up to MAX_SKB_FRAGS * 32Kbytes, or ~0.5 MB.
+ * This also speeds up tso_fragment(), since it wont fallback
+ * to tcp_fragment().
+ */
+static int linear_payload_sz(bool first_skb)
+{
+ if (first_skb)
+ return SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(2048 - MAX_TCP_HEADER);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int select_size(const struct sock *sk, bool sg, bool first_skb)
{
const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
int tmp = tp->mss_cache;
if (sg) {
if (sk_can_gso(sk)) {
- /* Small frames wont use a full page:
- * Payload will immediately follow tcp header.
- */
- tmp = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(2048 - MAX_TCP_HEADER);
+ tmp = linear_payload_sz(first_skb);
} else {
int pgbreak = SKB_MAX_HEAD(MAX_TCP_HEADER);
@@ -1161,6 +1175,8 @@ restart:
}
if (copy <= 0 || !tcp_skb_can_collapse_to(skb)) {
+ bool first_skb;
+
new_segment:
/* Allocate new segment. If the interface is SG,
* allocate skb fitting to single page.
@@ -1172,10 +1188,11 @@ new_segment:
process_backlog = false;
goto restart;
}
+ first_skb = skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue);
skb = sk_stream_alloc_skb(sk,
- select_size(sk, sg),
+ select_size(sk, sg, first_skb),
sk->sk_allocation,
- skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue));
+ first_skb);
if (!skb)
goto wait_for_memory;