netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor optimization in __alloc

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Message-Id: <165728701435.7845.11694241833008086582.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:30:14 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor optimization in __alloc_skb()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu,  7 Jul 2022 19:18:46 +0000 you wrote:
> TCP allocates 'fast clones' skbs for packets in tx queues.
> 
> Currently, __alloc_skb() initializes the companion fclone
> field to SKB_FCLONE_CLONE, and leaves other fields untouched.
> 
> It makes sense to defer this init much later in skb_clone(),
> because all fclone fields are copied and hot in cpu caches
> at that time.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: minor optimization in __alloc_skb()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/c2dd4059dc31

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