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> --- V1->V2: Following Yuval's advice, skb test is removed. --- drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c index 4c3f899..e0e4202 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb) { struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt = SKB_TO_PKT(skb); struct rxe_mc_grp *mcg; - struct sk_buff *skb_copy; + struct sk_buff *skb_reference; struct rxe_mc_elem *mce; struct rxe_qp *qp; union ib_gid dgid; @@ -309,16 +309,19 @@ 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_reference = NULL; + if (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list) { + skb_reference = skb; + refcount_inc(&skb->users); + } pkt->qp = qp; rxe_add_ref(qp); rxe_rcv_pkt(rxe, pkt, skb); - skb = skb_copy; + skb = skb_reference; if (!skb) break; } @@ -328,8 +331,7 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb) rxe_drop_ref(mcg); /* drop ref from rxe_pool_get_key. */ err1: - if (skb) - kfree_skb(skb); + kfree_skb(skb); } static int rxe_match_dgid(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb) -- 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