netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: do not use skb_mac_header() in qdisc_pkt_len

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Message-ID: <20230321164519.1286357-2-edumazet@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:45:17 +0000
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: do not use skb_mac_header() in qdisc_pkt_len_init()

We want to remove our use of skb_mac_header() in tx paths,
eg remove skb_reset_mac_header() from __dev_queue_xmit().

Idea is that ndo_start_xmit() can get the mac header
simply looking at skb->data.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c7853192563d2ee6cd43293c84b9ae5073346580..c610efc5fcd60247799c6ee7fd1b3fb429cabfb5 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3733,25 +3733,25 @@ static void qdisc_pkt_len_init(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * we add to pkt_len the headers size of all segments
 	 */
 	if (shinfo->gso_size && skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)) {
-		unsigned int hdr_len;
 		u16 gso_segs = shinfo->gso_segs;
+		unsigned int hdr_len;
 
 		/* mac layer + network layer */
-		hdr_len = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb_mac_header(skb);
+		hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
 
 		/* + transport layer */
 		if (likely(shinfo->gso_type & (SKB_GSO_TCPV4 | SKB_GSO_TCPV6))) {
 			const struct tcphdr *th;
 			struct tcphdr _tcphdr;
 
-			th = skb_header_pointer(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb),
+			th = skb_header_pointer(skb, hdr_len,
 						sizeof(_tcphdr), &_tcphdr);
 			if (likely(th))
 				hdr_len += __tcp_hdrlen(th);
 		} else {
 			struct udphdr _udphdr;
 
-			if (skb_header_pointer(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb),
+			if (skb_header_pointer(skb, hdr_len,
 					       sizeof(_udphdr), &_udphdr))
 				hdr_len += sizeof(struct udphdr);
 		}
-- 
2.40.0.rc2.332.ga46443480c-goog