netdev - [PATCH v3 net-next 1/4] tcp: hint compiler about sack flows

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Date:   Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:42:00 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jean-Louis Dupond <jean-louis@...ond.be>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/4] tcp: hint compiler about sack flows

Tell the compiler that most TCP flows are using SACK these days.

There is no need to add the unlikely() clause in tcp_is_reno(),
the compiler is able to infer it.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
---
 include/net/tcp.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 63e37dd1c274cc396e41ea9612cf67a5b7c89776..0c61bf0a06dac95268c26b6302a2afbaef4c88b3 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ void tcp_rate_check_app_limited(struct sock *sk);
  */
 static inline int tcp_is_sack(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
 {
-	return tp->rx_opt.sack_ok;
+	return likely(tp->rx_opt.sack_ok);
 }
 
 static inline bool tcp_is_reno(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
-- 
2.20.0.rc0.387.gc7a69e6b6c-goog