ipv4: PKTINFO doesnt need dst reference

Le lundi 07 novembre 2011 à 15:33 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :

> At least, in recent kernels we dont change dst->refcnt in forwarding
> patch (usinf NOREF skb->dst)
>
> One particular point is the atomic_inc(dst->refcnt) we have to perform
> when queuing an UDP packet if socket asked PKTINFO stuff (for example a
> typical DNS server has to setup this option)
>
> I have one patch somewhere that stores the information in skb->cb[] and
> avoid the atomic_{inc|dec}(dst->refcnt).
>

OK I found it, I did some extra tests and believe its ready.

[PATCH net-next] ipv4: IP_PKTINFO doesnt need dst reference

When a socket uses IP_PKTINFO notifications, we currently force a dst
reference for each received skb. Reader has to access dst to get needed
information (rt_iif & rt_spec_dst) and must release dst reference.

We also forced a dst reference if skb was put in socket backlog, even
without IP_PKTINFO handling. This happens under stress/load.

We can instead store the needed information in skb->cb[], so that only
softirq handler really access dst, improving cache hit ratios.

This removes two atomic operations per packet, and false sharing as
well.

On a benchmark using a mono threaded receiver (doing only recvmsg()
calls), I can reach 720.000 pps instead of 570.000 pps.

IP_PKTINFO is typically used by DNS servers, and any multihomed aware
UDP application.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index eca0ef7..fd1561e 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ extern int ip_options_rcv_srr(struct sk_buff *skb);
  *	Functions provided by ip_sockglue.c
  */
 
-extern int	ip_queue_rcv_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern void	ipv4_pktinfo_prepare(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern void	ip_cmsg_recv(struct msghdr *msg, struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern int	ip_cmsg_send(struct net *net,
 			     struct msghdr *msg, struct ipcm_cookie *ipc);