netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_make_synack() consumes dst parameter

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Message-Id: <20120604.113322.918242204991743428.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:33:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_make_synack() consumes dst parameter

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:33:21 +0200

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> tcp_make_synack() clones the dst, and callers release it.
> 
> We can avoid two atomic operations per SYNACK if tcp_make_synack()
> consumes dst instead of cloning it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.
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