From d826eb14ecef3574b6b3be55e5f4329f4a76fbf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 07:24:35 +0000 Subject: ipv4: PKTINFO doesnt need dst reference MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Le lundi 07 novembre 2011 à 15:33 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit : > At least, in recent kernels we dont change dst->refcnt in forwarding > patch (usinf NOREF skb->dst) > > One particular point is the atomic_inc(dst->refcnt) we have to perform > when queuing an UDP packet if socket asked PKTINFO stuff (for example a > typical DNS server has to setup this option) > > I have one patch somewhere that stores the information in skb->cb[] and > avoid the atomic_{inc|dec}(dst->refcnt). > OK I found it, I did some extra tests and believe its ready. [PATCH net-next] ipv4: IP_PKTINFO doesnt need dst reference When a socket uses IP_PKTINFO notifications, we currently force a dst reference for each received skb. Reader has to access dst to get needed information (rt_iif & rt_spec_dst) and must release dst reference. We also forced a dst reference if skb was put in socket backlog, even without IP_PKTINFO handling. This happens under stress/load. We can instead store the needed information in skb->cb[], so that only softirq handler really access dst, improving cache hit ratios. This removes two atomic operations per packet, and false sharing as well. On a benchmark using a mono threaded receiver (doing only recvmsg() calls), I can reach 720.000 pps instead of 570.000 pps. IP_PKTINFO is typically used by DNS servers, and any multihomed aware UDP application. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/net/ip.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/net') diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h index eca0ef7a495e..fd1561e88a1a 100644 --- a/include/net/ip.h +++ b/include/net/ip.h @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ extern int ip_options_rcv_srr(struct sk_buff *skb); * Functions provided by ip_sockglue.c */ -extern int ip_queue_rcv_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb); +extern void ipv4_pktinfo_prepare(struct sk_buff *skb); extern void ip_cmsg_recv(struct msghdr *msg, struct sk_buff *skb); extern int ip_cmsg_send(struct net *net, struct msghdr *msg, struct ipcm_cookie *ipc); -- cgit v1.2.3