netdev - [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_sendmsg() page recycling

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Date:	Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:05:17 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_sendmsg() page recycling

If our TCP_PAGE(sk) is not shared (page_count() == 1), we can set page
offset to 0.

This permits better filling of the pages on small to medium tcp writes.

"tbench 16" results on my dev server (2x4x2 machine) :

Before : 3072 MB/s
After  : 3146 MB/s  (2.4 % gain)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 45156be..a09fe25 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,12 @@ new_segment:
 				int merge = 0;
 				int i = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 				struct page *page = TCP_PAGE(sk);
-				int off = TCP_OFF(sk);
+				int off;
+
+				if (page && page_count(page) == 1)
+					TCP_OFF(sk) = 0;
+
+				off = TCP_OFF(sk);
 
 				if (skb_can_coalesce(skb, i, page, off) &&
 				    off != PAGE_SIZE) {


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