Eric Dumazet ab6e3feba1 net: No dst refcounting in ip_queue_xmit() ...

TCP outgoing packets can avoid two atomic ops, and dirtying
of previously higly contended cache line using new refdst
infrastructure.

Note 1: loopback device excluded because of !IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE
Note 2: UDP packets dsts are built before ip_queue_xmit().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2010-05-17 17:18:52 -07:00

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