netdev - [PATCH] icmp: No need to call sk_write

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Message-ID: <4ABBEFD3.6060407@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:16:51 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] icmp: No need to call sk_write_space()

We can make icmp messages tx completion callback a litle bit faster.

Setting SOCK_USE_WRITE_QUEUE sk flag tells sock_wfree() to
not call sk_write_space() on a socket we know no thread is posssibly
waiting for write space. (on per cpu kernel internal icmp sockets only)

This avoids the sock_def_write_space() call and 
read_lock(&sk->sk_callback_lock)/read_unlock(&sk->sk_callback_lock) calls
as well.

We avoid three atomic ops.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 5bc13fe..84adb57 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,10 @@ static int __net_init icmp_sk_init(struct net *net)
 		sk->sk_sndbuf =
 			(2 * ((64 * 1024) + sizeof(struct sk_buff)));

+		/*
+		 * Speedup sock_wfree()
+		 */
+		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_USE_WRITE_QUEUE);
 		inet_sk(sk)->pmtudisc = IP_PMTUDISC_DONT;
 	}

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