netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: always inline __skb_incr_checksum

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Message-ID: <20260116152957.1825626-2-edumazet@google.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:29:55 +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 <horms@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, eric.dumazet@...il.com, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: always inline __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary()

clang does not inline this helper in GRO fast path.

We can save space and cpu cycles.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.0 vmlinux.1
add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 156/-218 (-62)
Function                                     old     new   delta
tcp6_gro_complete                            227     311     +84
tcp4_gro_complete                            325     397     +72
__pfx___skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary         32       -     -32
__skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary              186       -    -186
Total: Before=22592724, After=22592662, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 86737076101d4a8452e90fe78adcdcfdefb79169..e6bfe5d0c5252b2e7540e1fef9317aab83feced2 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -4763,7 +4763,7 @@ static inline void __skb_decr_checksum_unnecessary(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static __always_inline void __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) {
 		if (skb->csum_level < SKB_MAX_CSUM_LEVEL)
-- 
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog