Store processed skbs ready to be freed in a list so the driver bulk free them Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> --- include/net/mac80211.h | 2 ++ net/mac80211/status.c | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 0cd8dbe4e688..aaec7688e965 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1095,12 +1095,14 @@ ieee80211_info_get_tx_time_est(struct ieee80211_tx_info *info) * @info: Basic tx status information * @skb: Packet skb (can be NULL if not provided by the driver) * @rate: The TX rate that was used when sending the packet + * @free_list: list where processed skbs are stored to be free'd by the driver */ struct ieee80211_tx_status { struct ieee80211_sta *sta; struct ieee80211_tx_info *info; struct sk_buff *skb; struct rate_info *rate; + struct list_head *free_list; }; /** diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c index a3543c3dbd3d..a0dd926dceb3 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/status.c +++ b/net/mac80211/status.c @@ -1044,7 +1044,10 @@ static void __ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, * with this test... */ if (!local->monitors && (!send_to_cooked || !local->cooked_mntrs)) { - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + if (status->free_list) + list_add_tail(&skb->list, status->free_list); + else + dev_kfree_skb(skb); return; } @@ -1169,7 +1172,10 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status_ext(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, return; ieee80211_report_used_skb(local, skb, false); - dev_kfree_skb(skb); + if (status->free_list) + list_add_tail(&skb->list, status->free_list); + else + dev_kfree_skb(skb); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_tx_status_ext); -- 2.28.0