Commit 4aea39c1 authored by Eric Dumazet's avatar Eric Dumazet Committed by David S. Miller
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tcp: tcp_make_synack() consumes dst parameter



tcp_make_synack() clones the dst, and callers release it.

We can avoid two atomic operations per SYNACK if tcp_make_synack()
consumes dst instead of cloning it.

Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 90ba9b19
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@@ -848,7 +848,6 @@ static int tcp_v4_send_synack(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
	}

	dst_release(dst);
	return err;
}

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@@ -2442,7 +2442,16 @@ int tcp_send_synack(struct sock *sk)
	return tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
}

/* Prepare a SYN-ACK. */
/**
 * tcp_make_synack - Prepare a SYN-ACK.
 * sk: listener socket
 * dst: dst entry attached to the SYNACK
 * req: request_sock pointer
 * rvp: request_values pointer
 *
 * Allocate one skb and build a SYNACK packet.
 * @dst is consumed : Caller should not use it again.
 */
struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
				struct request_sock *req,
				struct request_values *rvp)
@@ -2462,13 +2471,14 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
	if (cvp != NULL && cvp->s_data_constant && cvp->s_data_desired)
		s_data_desired = cvp->s_data_desired;
	skb = alloc_skb(MAX_TCP_HEADER + 15 + s_data_desired, GFP_ATOMIC);
	if (skb == NULL)
	if (unlikely(!skb)) {
		dst_release(dst);
		return NULL;

	}
	/* Reserve space for headers. */
	skb_reserve(skb, MAX_TCP_HEADER);

	skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(dst));
	skb_dst_set(skb, dst);

	mss = dst_metric_advmss(dst);
	if (tp->rx_opt.user_mss && tp->rx_opt.user_mss < mss)
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@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@ static int tcp_v6_send_synack(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req,
done:
	if (opt && opt != np->opt)
		sock_kfree_s(sk, opt, opt->tot_len);
	dst_release(dst);
	return err;
}