From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:53:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: mlx4: dont orphan skbs in mlx4_en_xmit()
X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8112ec3b8722680251aecdcc23dfd81aa7af6340;p=GitHub%2Fexynos8895%2Fandroid_kernel_samsung_universal8895.git

mlx4: dont orphan skbs in mlx4_en_xmit()

After commit e22979d96a55d (mlx4_en: Moving to Interrupts for TX
completions) we no longer need to orphan skbs in mlx4_en_xmit()
since skb wont stay a long time in TX ring before their release.

Orphaning skbs in ndo_start_xmit() should be avoided as much as
possible, since it breaks TCP Small Queue or other flow control
mechanisms (per socket limits)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@mellanox.com>
Cc: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 10bba09c44ea..c10e3a6de09f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -712,10 +712,6 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (bounce)
 		tx_desc = mlx4_en_bounce_to_desc(priv, ring, index, desc_size);
 
-	/* Run destructor before passing skb to HW */
-	if (likely(!skb_shared(skb)))
-		skb_orphan(skb);
-
 	if (ring->bf_enabled && desc_size <= MAX_BF && !bounce && !vlan_tag) {
 		*(__be32 *) (&tx_desc->ctrl.vlan_tag) |= cpu_to_be32(ring->doorbell_qpn);
 		op_own |= htonl((bf_index & 0xffff) << 8);