From 068a2de57ddf4f472e32e7af868613c574ad1d88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krishna Kumar Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:59:58 +0000 Subject: net: release dst entry while cache-hot for GSO case too Non-GSO code drops dst entry for performance reasons, but the same is missing for GSO code. Drop dst while cache-hot for GSO case too. Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar Acked-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/core') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index be9924f60ec3..a8d68cdedbbe 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1853,6 +1853,14 @@ gso: skb->next = nskb->next; nskb->next = NULL; + + /* + * If device doesnt need nskb->dst, release it right now while + * its hot in this cpu cache + */ + if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE) + skb_dst_drop(nskb); + rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(nskb, dev); if (unlikely(rc != NETDEV_TX_OK)) { if (rc & ~NETDEV_TX_MASK) -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b