netdev - [PATCH v6 net-next 06/11] skbuff: remove __kfree_skb

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Date:   Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:12:02 +0000
From:   Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
        Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Kevin Hao <haokexin@...il.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>, Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 net-next 06/11] skbuff: remove __kfree_skb_flush()

This function isn't much needed as NAPI skb queue gets bulk-freed
anyway when there's no more room, and even may reduce the efficiency
of bulk operations.
It will be even less needed after reusing skb cache on allocation path,
so remove it and this way lighten network softirqs a bit.

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h |  1 -
 net/core/dev.c         |  7 +------
 net/core/skbuff.c      | 12 ------------
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 0a4e91a2f873..0e0707296098 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2919,7 +2919,6 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi,
 }
 void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget);
 
-void __kfree_skb_flush(void);
 void __kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ce6291bc2e16..631807c196ad 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4944,8 +4944,6 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 			else
 				__kfree_skb_defer(skb);
 		}
-
-		__kfree_skb_flush();
 	}
 
 	if (sd->output_queue) {
@@ -7012,7 +7010,6 @@ static int napi_threaded_poll(void *data)
 			__napi_poll(napi, &repoll);
 			netpoll_poll_unlock(have);
 
-			__kfree_skb_flush();
 			local_bh_enable();
 
 			if (!repoll)
@@ -7042,7 +7039,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 
 		if (list_empty(&list)) {
 			if (!sd_has_rps_ipi_waiting(sd) && list_empty(&repoll))
-				goto out;
+				return;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -7069,8 +7066,6 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 		__raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ);
 
 	net_rps_action_and_irq_enable(sd);
-out:
-	__kfree_skb_flush();
 }
 
 struct netdev_adjacent {
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 1c6f6ef70339..4be2bb969535 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -838,18 +838,6 @@ void __consume_stateless_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	kfree_skbmem(skb);
 }
 
-void __kfree_skb_flush(void)
-{
-	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
-
-	/* flush skb_cache if containing objects */
-	if (nc->skb_count) {
-		kmem_cache_free_bulk(skbuff_head_cache, nc->skb_count,
-				     nc->skb_cache);
-		nc->skb_count = 0;
-	}
-}
-
 static inline void _kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
-- 
2.30.1