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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-05-27 14:43:58 +0000
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-05-27 14:43:58 +0000
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kernel: add a few patches for avoiding unnecessary skb reallocations - significantly improves ethernet<->wireless performance with mac80211 based drivers
SVN-Revision: 31886
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diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/653-disable_netlink_trim.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/653-disable_netlink_trim.patch
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index 0000000000..c6c7c75a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/653-disable_netlink_trim.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
++++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+@@ -854,25 +854,7 @@ void netlink_detachskb(struct sock *sk,
+
+ static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
+ {
+- int delta;
+-
+ skb_orphan(skb);
+-
+- delta = skb->end - skb->tail;
+- if (delta * 2 < skb->truesize)
+- return skb;
+-
+- if (skb_shared(skb)) {
+- struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
+- if (!nskb)
+- return skb;
+- kfree_skb(skb);
+- skb = nskb;
+- }
+-
+- if (!pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, -delta, allocation))
+- skb->truesize -= delta;
+-
+ return skb;
+ }
+