From: luyun <luyun_611@163.com>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, kerneljasonxing@gmail.com,
kuniyu@google.com
Cc: mhal@rbox.co, bjorn@kernel.org, jiayuan.chen@linux.dev,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, minhnguyen.080505@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: skbuff: use net_zcopy_get() instead of refcount_inc()
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 10:36:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dbcfecb3-7b5e-4d53-b4ac-486fded1e192@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <willemdebruijn.kernel.250ccf6e7c9be@gmail.com>
在 2026/7/6 21:55, Willem de Bruijn 写道:
> Yun Lu wrote:
>> From: Yun Lu <luyun@kylinos.cn>
>>
>> The net_zcopy_get() increments the uarg->refcnt, which is called both
>> in pskb_carve_inside_header() and pskb_carve_inside_nonlinear().
>> Also use net_zcopy_get() in pskb_expand_head for code consistency.
>>
>> No functional change intended.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yun Lu <luyun@kylinos.cn>
>> ---
>> net/core/skbuff.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
>> index 18dabb4e9cfa..bcf3b2c65fb9 100644
>> --- a/net/core/skbuff.c
>> +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
>> @@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
>> if (skb_orphan_frags(skb, gfp_mask))
>> goto nofrags;
>> if (skb_zcopy(skb))
>> - refcount_inc(&skb_uarg(skb)->refcnt);
>> + net_zcopy_get(skb_zcopy(skb));
> This adds some unnecessary instructions in skb_zcopy.
>
> It's not terrible and I see the consistency argument. But would make
> more sense to update the recently added pskb_carve_.. variants instead.
Thanks for your review.
The skb_zcopy() does indeed make repeated checks. So following your
suggestion,
I have modified the code as follows:
- net_zcopy_get(skb_zcopy(skb));
+ net_zcopy_get(skb_uarg(skb));
Does it seem more reasonable?
And I plan to modify all three functions in patch version 2.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-07 2:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 10:02 [PATCH net-next] net: skbuff: use net_zcopy_get() instead of refcount_inc() Yun Lu
2026-07-06 13:55 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-07 2:36 ` luyun [this message]
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