Re: [PATCH net-next] net: use bulk free in kfree_skb_list

[Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:58:34 +0100
Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> wrote:

> Since we're freeing multiple skbs, we might as well use bulk free to save a
> few cycles. Use the same conditions for bulk free as in napi_consume_skb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>

Thanks for working on this, it's been on my todo list for a very long
time. I just discussed this with Florian at NetDevconf.

> ---
>  net/core/skbuff.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
> index 2415d9cb9b89..ec030ab7f1e7 100644
> --- a/net/core/skbuff.c
> +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
> @@ -666,12 +666,39 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_skb);
>  
>  void kfree_skb_list(struct sk_buff *segs)
>  {
> -	while (segs) {
> -		struct sk_buff *next = segs->next;
> +	struct sk_buff *next = segs;
> +	void *skbs[16];
> +	int n_skbs = 0;
>  
> -		kfree_skb(segs);
> -		segs = next;
> +	while ((segs = next) != NULL) {
> +		next = segs->next;
> +
> +		if (!skb_unref(segs))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (segs->fclone != SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE ||
> +		    n_skbs >= ARRAY_SIZE(skbs)) {

You could call kmem_cache_free_bulk() here and reset n_skbs=0.

> +			kfree_skb(segs);
> +			continue;
> +		}
> +
> +		trace_kfree_skb(segs, __builtin_return_address(0));
> +
> +		/* drop skb->head and call any destructors for packet */
> +		skb_release_all(segs);
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
> +		/* SLUB writes into objects when freeing */
> +		prefetchw(segs);
> +#endif
> +
> +		skbs[n_skbs++] = segs;
>  	}
> +
> +	if (!n_skbs)
> +		return;
> +
> +	kmem_cache_free_bulk(skbuff_head_cache, n_skbs, skbs);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_skb_list);
>  



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Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer