[PATCH net-next 1/3] net: always inline __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary()
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: 2026-01-16 15:30:02
Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
clang does not inline this helper in GRO fast path. We can save space and cpu cycles. $ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.0 vmlinux.1 add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 156/-218 (-62) Function old new delta tcp6_gro_complete 227 311 +84 tcp4_gro_complete 325 397 +72 __pfx___skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary 32 - -32 __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary 186 - -186 Total: Before=22592724, After=22592662, chg -0.00% Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> --- include/linux/skbuff.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 86737076101d4a8452e90fe78adcdcfdefb79169..e6bfe5d0c5252b2e7540e1fef9317aab83feced2 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h@@ -4763,7 +4763,7 @@ static inline void __skb_decr_checksum_unnecessary(struct sk_buff *skb) } } -static inline void __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary(struct sk_buff *skb) +static __always_inline void __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary(struct sk_buff *skb) { if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) { if (skb->csum_level < SKB_MAX_CSUM_LEVEL)
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2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog