netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] pkt_sched: fq: remove useless TIME

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Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:24:21 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] pkt_sched: fq: remove useless TIME_WAIT check

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 06:06:36 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> TIME_WAIT sockets are not owning any skb.
> 
> ip_send_unicast_reply() and tcp_v6_send_response() both use
> regular sockets.
> 
> We can safely remove a test in sch_fq and save one cache line miss,
> as sk_state is far away from sk_pacing_rate.
> 
> Tested at Google for about one year.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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