kernel: add a few patches for avoiding unnecessary skb reallocations - significantly...

SVN-Revision: 31886

diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/653-disable_netlink_trim.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/653-disable_netlink_trim.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..c6c7c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/653-disable_netlink_trim.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
++++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+@@ -854,25 +854,7 @@ void netlink_detachskb(struct sock *sk, 
+ 
+ static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
+ {
+-      int delta;
+-
+       skb_orphan(skb);
+-
+-      delta = skb->end - skb->tail;
+-      if (delta * 2 < skb->truesize)
+-              return skb;
+-
+-      if (skb_shared(skb)) {
+-              struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
+-              if (!nskb)
+-                      return skb;
+-              kfree_skb(skb);
+-              skb = nskb;
+-      }
+-
+-      if (!pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, -delta, allocation))
+-              skb->truesize -= delta;
+-
+       return skb;
+ }
+ 

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
new file mode 100644 (file)
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,

diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/655-increase_skb_pad.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/655-increase_skb_pad.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..5d14daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/655-increase_skb_pad.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
++++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
+@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ static inline int pskb_network_may_pull(
+  * NET_IP_ALIGN(2) + ethernet_header(14) + IP_header(20/40) + ports(8)
+  */
+ #ifndef NET_SKB_PAD
+-#define NET_SKB_PAD   max(32, L1_CACHE_BYTES)
++#define NET_SKB_PAD   max(48, L1_CACHE_BYTES)
+ #endif
+ 
+ extern int ___pskb_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len);