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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 6d3630d1627..92ebeca2990 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1688,6 +1688,14 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, goto gso; } + /* + * If device doesnt need skb->dst, release it right now while + * its hot in this cpu cache + */ + if ((dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE) && skb->dst) { + dst_release(skb->dst); + skb->dst = NULL; + } rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev); /* * TODO: if skb_orphan() was called by @@ -5045,6 +5053,7 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mq(int sizeof_priv, const char *name, netdev_init_queues(dev); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->napi_list); + dev->priv_flags = IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE; setup(dev); strcpy(dev->name, name); return dev; |