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Commit 5793b465 authored by Zhu Yanjun's avatar Zhu Yanjun Committed by Doug Ledford
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IB/rxe: remove unnecessary skb_clone in xmit



In xmit, there is a skb_clone. This function copies the struct sk_buff.
And some parameters are changed to the new skb. Then the new skb is sent
while the old skb is freed.

While the function skb_clone is removed, the parameter changes are made on
the old skb, then the old skb is sent. It can also work well.

The following tests are made.

 server                       client
---------                    ---------
|1.1.1.1|<----rxe-channel--->|1.1.1.2|
---------                    ---------

On server: rping -s -a 1.1.1.1 -v -C 1000 -S 512
On client: rping -c -a 1.1.1.1 -v -C 1000 -S 512

The kernel config CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is enabled on both server
and client.

This test runs for several hours. There is no memory leak and the whole
system can work well.

As the above network, the following tests are made.

Server: ibv_rc_pingpong -d rxe0 -g 1
Client: ibv_rc_pingpong -d rxe0 -g 1 1.1.1.1

The result on Server.
Before:
8192000 bytes in 0.88 seconds = 74.36 Mbit/sec
1000 iters in 0.88 seconds = 881.30 usec/iter

After:
8192000 bytes in 0.81 seconds = 81.15 Mbit/sec
1000 iters in 0.81 seconds = 807.62 usec/iter

The throughput is enhanced and the latency is reduced.

CC: Srinivas Eeda <srinivas.eeda@oracle.com>
CC: Joe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com>
CC: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarZhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@oracle.com>

Signed-off-by: default avatarDoug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
parent 91eab796
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