linux/drivers/net/xen-netback
Malcolm Crossley 7e5d775395 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>
2014-11-06 14:40:18 -05:00
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common.h xen-netback: reintroduce guest Rx stall detection 2014-10-25 14:15:20 -04:00
interface.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-11-01 14:53:27 -04:00
Makefile
netback.c xen-netback: remove unconditional __pskb_pull_tail() in guest Tx path 2014-11-06 14:40:18 -05:00
xenbus.c xen-netback: reintroduce guest Rx stall detection 2014-10-25 14:15:20 -04:00