In mcast recv process, the function skb_clone is used. In fact, the refcount can be increased to replace cloning a new skb since the original skb will not be modified before it is freed. This can make the performance better and save the memory. CC: Srinivas Eeda <srinivas.eeda@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c index 4c3f899..5b8f293 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c @@ -309,10 +309,13 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb) continue; /* if *not* the last qp in the list - * make a copy of the skb to post to the next qp + * make a reference of the skb to post to the next qp */ - skb_copy = (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list) ? - skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC) : NULL; + skb_copy = NULL; + if (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list) { + skb_copy = skb; + refcount_inc(&skb->users); + } pkt->qp = qp; rxe_add_ref(qp); -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html