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Merge branch 'ipv6-misc-changes-in-output-path'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Feb 2026 01:49:31 +0000 (17:49 -0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Feb 2026 01:49:32 +0000 (17:49 -0800)
commit8755aae4aa7569f079135a0590dbd0f7adcfacf4
tree892fa362d9916a99eeb66b3bac3d61728d5e6212
parente0221553436b1c49a14ae251d95ea2e19c5b5a14
parentb409a7f7176bb8fc0002b8592d14b11ebe481b1d
Merge branch 'ipv6-misc-changes-in-output-path'

Eric Dumazet says:

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ipv6: misc changes in output path

Small optimizations mostly in ip6_xmit() path.

TX performance increases by about 3 %.

Patches 5-7: add dst4_mtu() and dst6_mtu() to save space.

Last patch colocates inet6_cork in inet_cork_full.

This series reduces kernel size by 494 bytes on x86_64:

scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new
add/remove: 4/2 grow/shrink: 9/23 up/down: 665/-1159 (-494)
Function                                     old     new   delta
ip6_finish_output_gso_slowpath_drop            -     197    +197
ip6_xmit                                    1452    1595    +143
do_ipv6_getsockopt                          2855    2950     +95
kzalloc_noprof                                 -      55     +55
ip4ip6_err                                   918     955     +37
__icmp_send                                 1499    1532     +33
do_ip_getsockopt                            2573    2605     +32
__ip6_append_data                           4109    4137     +28
__pfx_kzalloc_noprof                           -      16     +16
__pfx_ip6_finish_output_gso_slowpath_drop       -      16     +16
ipmr_prepare_xmit                           1232    1238      +6
ip6_forward                                 1905    1909      +4
ip6_cork_release                             108     111      +3
ipv6_push_nfrag_opts                         489     486      -3
ipv6_push_frag_opts                           90      87      -3
ip6_finish_output2                          1446    1437      -9
ip6_tnl_xmit                                2639    2627     -12
ip6_default_advmss                           176     160     -16
__ip6_rt_update_pmtu                        1087    1071     -16
tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock                        1715    1696     -19
tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock                        1107    1088     -19
__ip_make_skb                               1339    1320     -19
ip_setup_cork                                406     385     -21
ip6_setup_cork                               732     710     -22
rawv6_push_pending_frames                    581     556     -25
ip6_push_pending_frames                      184     157     -27
udpv6_splice_eof                             203     170     -33
ip6_flush_pending_frames                     220     183     -37
ip6_append_data                              349     312     -37
udp_v6_push_pending_frames                   155     115     -40
sit_tunnel_xmit                             1957    1914     -43
__pfx_dst_mtu                                 64       -     -64
tcp_v4_mtu_reduced                           289     220     -69
tcp_v6_mtu_reduced                           209     139     -70
ip6_make_skb                                 574     484     -90
ip6_finish_output                            827     697    -130
dst_mtu                                      160       -    -160
fib6_nh_mtu_change                           511     336    -175
Total: Before=22584400, After=22583906, chg -0.00%
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260130210303.3888261-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>