linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: sched: do not requeue a NULL skb

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:26:11 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Lars Persson <lars.persson@...s.com>,
	Lars Persson <larper@...s.com>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: sched: do not requeue a NULL skb

On Mon, 2016-04-11 at 11:02 -0700, Cong Wang wrote:

> I am fine with either way as long as the loop stops on failure.
> Folding the test "if (skb)" into one also requires to retake the spinlock.

Adding the likely() in this path would probably help as well.

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index f18c35024207..07202d9ac4f6 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -159,12 +159,14 @@ int sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
        if (validate)
                skb = validate_xmit_skb_list(skb, dev);
 
-       if (skb) {
+       if (likely(skb)) {
                HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
                if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(txq))
                        skb = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq, &ret);
 
                HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
+       } else {
+               ... does all and return...
        }
        spin_lock(root_lock);