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[net-next] net: flow_dissector: small optimizations in IPv4 dissect

Message ID 1383842248.9412.84.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Eric Dumazet Nov. 7, 2013, 4:37 p.m. UTC 
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

By moving code around, we avoid :

1) A reload of iph->ihl (bit field, so needs a mask)

2) A conditional test (replaced by a conditional mov on x86)
   Fast path loads iph->protocol anyway.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
 net/core/flow_dissector.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)



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David Miller Nov. 8, 2013, 6:30 p.m. UTC | #1 
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 08:37:28 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> By moving code around, we avoid :
> 
> 1) A reload of iph->ihl (bit field, so needs a mask)
> 
> 2) A conditional test (replaced by a conditional mov on x86)
>    Fast path loads iph->protocol anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Applied.
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diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index 0242035192f1..d6ef17322500 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@  ip:
 		iph = skb_header_pointer(skb, nhoff, sizeof(_iph), &_iph);
 		if (!iph || iph->ihl < 5)
 			return false;
+		nhoff += iph->ihl * 4;
 
+		ip_proto = iph->protocol;
 		if (ip_is_fragment(iph))
 			ip_proto = 0;
-		else
-			ip_proto = iph->protocol;
+
 		iph_to_flow_copy_addrs(flow, iph);
-		nhoff += iph->ihl * 4;
 		break;
 	}
 	case __constant_htons(ETH_P_IPV6): {