netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: use indirect call helpers for dst

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Date:   Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:58:21 +0000
From:   Brian Vazquez <brianvv@...gle.com>
To:     Brian Vazquez <brianvv.kernel@...il.com>,
        Brian Vazquez <brianvv@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: use indirect call helpers for dst_output

From: brianvv <brianvv@...gle.com>

This patch avoids the indirect call for the common case:
ip6_output and ip_output

Signed-off-by: brianvv <brianvv@...gle.com>
---
 include/net/dst.h | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index 98cf6e8c06c4..3932e9931f08 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -436,10 +436,16 @@ static inline void dst_set_expires(struct dst_entry *dst, int timeout)
 		dst->expires = expires;
 }
 
+INDIRECT_CALLABLE_DECLARE(int ip6_output(struct net *, struct sock *,
+					 struct sk_buff *));
+INDIRECT_CALLABLE_DECLARE(int ip_output(struct net *, struct sock *,
+					 struct sk_buff *));
 /* Output packet to network from transport.  */
 static inline int dst_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	return skb_dst(skb)->output(net, sk, skb);
+	return INDIRECT_CALL_INET(skb_dst(skb)->output,
+				  ip6_output, ip_output,
+				  net, sk, skb);
 }
 
 INDIRECT_CALLABLE_DECLARE(int ip6_input(struct sk_buff *));
-- 
2.29.2.576.ga3fc446d84-goog