netdev - [PATCH net-next 4/4] tcp: do not allocate linear memory for zerocopy skbs

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Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:00:20 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/4] tcp: do not allocate linear memory for zerocopy skbs

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Zerocopy payload is now always stored in frags, and space for headers
is reversed, so this memory is unused.

Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 947348872c3e..7ac583a2b9fe 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1104,12 +1104,15 @@ static int linear_payload_sz(bool first_skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int select_size(const struct sock *sk, bool sg, bool first_skb)
+static int select_size(const struct sock *sk, bool sg, bool first_skb, bool zc)
 {
 	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	int tmp = tp->mss_cache;
 
 	if (sg) {
+		if (zc)
+			return 0;
+
 		if (sk_can_gso(sk)) {
 			tmp = linear_payload_sz(first_skb);
 		} else {
@@ -1282,6 +1285,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 
 		if (copy <= 0 || !tcp_skb_can_collapse_to(skb)) {
 			bool first_skb;
+			int linear;
 
 new_segment:
 			/* Allocate new segment. If the interface is SG,
@@ -1295,9 +1299,8 @@ int tcp_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 				goto restart;
 			}
 			first_skb = tcp_rtx_and_write_queues_empty(sk);
-			skb = sk_stream_alloc_skb(sk,
-						  select_size(sk, sg, first_skb),
-						  sk->sk_allocation,
+			linear = select_size(sk, sg, first_skb, zc);
+			skb = sk_stream_alloc_skb(sk, linear, sk->sk_allocation,
 						  first_skb);
 			if (!skb)
 				goto wait_for_memory;
-- 
2.15.1.620.gb9897f4670-goog