On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:

tcp_rack_advance() is called from tcp_ack() and tcp_sacktag_one().

Moving it to tcp_input.c allows the compiler to inline it and save
both space and cpu cycles in TCP fast path.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.1 vmlinux.2
add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 1/1 up/down: 98/-132 (-34)
Function                                     old     new   delta
tcp_ack                                     5741    5839     +98
tcp_sacktag_one                              407     395     -12
__pfx_tcp_rack_advance                        16       -     -16
tcp_rack_advance                             104       -    -104
Total: Before=22572680, After=22572646, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>