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Merge branch 'ipv6-tcp-no-longer-rebuild-fl6-at-each-transmit'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:57:52 +0000 (20:57 -0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:57:53 +0000 (20:57 -0800)
commit70f1fbee85a4ee1c4d9278dff30b51f16e1d99db
tree8e7f893b02e7c9d44c143eae2c304a7a84e65c7e
parent792aaea994537daa78f31a86c948ccbefa8f4706
parent97d7ae6e14c80ec0c2558d24d818212590f2d64f
Merge branch 'ipv6-tcp-no-longer-rebuild-fl6-at-each-transmit'

Eric Dumazet says:

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ipv6: tcp: no longer rebuild fl6 at each transmit

TCP v6 spends a good amount of time rebuilding a fresh fl6 at each
transmit in inet6_csk_xmit()/inet6_csk_route_socket().

TCP v4 caches the information in inet->cork.fl.u.ip4 instead.

This series changes TCP v6 to behave the same, saving cpu cycles
and reducing cache line misses and stack use.
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260206173426.1638518-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>