net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support

Testing xmit_more support with netperf and connected UDP sockets,
I found strange dst refcount false sharing.

Current handling of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is not optimal.

Dropping dst in validate_xmit_skb() is certainly too late in case
packet was queued by cpu X but dequeued by cpu Y

The logical point to take care of drop/force is in __dev_queue_xmit()
before even taking qdisc lock.

As Julian Anastasov pointed out, need for skb_dst() might come from some
packet schedulers or classifiers.

This patch adds new helper to cleanly express needs of various drivers
or qdiscs/classifiers.

Drivers that need skb_dst() in their ndo_start_xmit() should call
following helper in their setup instead of the prior :

	dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
->
	netif_keep_dst(dev);

Instead of using a single bit, we use two bits, one being
eventually rebuilt in bonding/team drivers.

The other one, is permanent and blocks IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE being
rebuilt in bonding/team. Eventually, we could add something
smarter later.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 2b349a4de3c8..38d58e6cef07 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_qdisc_ops);
 
 static inline int dev_requeue_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q)
 {
-	skb_dst_force(skb);
 	q->gso_skb = skb;
 	q->qstats.requeues++;
 	q->q.qlen++;	/* it's still part of the queue */
@@ -218,8 +217,6 @@ static inline int qdisc_restart(struct Qdisc *q)
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return 0;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(skb_dst_is_noref(skb));
-
 	root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
 	dev = qdisc_dev(q);
 	txq = skb_get_tx_queue(dev, skb);