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authorMalcolm Crossley <malcolm.crossley@citrix.com>2014-11-05 11:50:22 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-11-06 20:40:18 +0100
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xen-netback: remove unconditional __pskb_pull_tail() in guest Tx path
Unconditionally pulling 128 bytes into the linear area is not required for: - security: Every protocol demux starts with pskb_may_pull() to pull frag data into the linear area, if necessary, before looking at headers. - performance: Netback has already grant copied up-to 128 bytes from the first slot of a packet into the linear area. The first slot normally contain all the IPv4/IPv6 and TCP/UDP headers. The unconditional pull would often copy frag data unnecessarily. This is a performance problem when running on a version of Xen where grant unmap avoids TLB flushes for pages which are not accessed. TLB flushes can now be avoided for > 99% of unmaps (it was 0% before). Grant unmap TLB flush avoidance will be available in a future version of Xen (probably 4.6). Signed-off-by: Malcolm Crossley <malcolm.crossley@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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