From 0287587884b15041203b3a362d485e1ab1f24445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 18:38:35 -0700 Subject: 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 Cc: Julian Anastasov Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ifb.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/ifb.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c index d2d4a3d2237f..34f846b4bd05 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ifb.c +++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c @@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ static void ifb_setup(struct net_device *dev) dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP; dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST; - dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING); + dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING; + netif_keep_dst(dev); eth_hw_addr_random(dev); } -- cgit v1.2.3