[TCP]: Do not purge sk_forward_alloc entirely in tcp_delack_timer().

Otherwise we beat heavily on the global tcp_memory atomics when all of the sockets in the system are slowly sending perioding packet clumps. Noticed and suggested by Eric Dumazet. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
chewitt · Jan 28, 2008 · 9993e7d · 9993e7d
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diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -759,6 +759,14 @@ static inline void sk_mem_reclaim(struct sock *sk)
 		__sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
 }
 
+static inline void sk_mem_reclaim_partial(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	if (!sk_has_account(sk))
+		return;
+	if (sk->sk_forward_alloc > SK_MEM_QUANTUM)
+		__sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
+}
+
 static inline void sk_mem_charge(struct sock *sk, int size)
 {
 	if (!sk_has_account(sk))

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void tcp_delack_timer(unsigned long data)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
+	sk_mem_reclaim_partial(sk);
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE || !(icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_TIMER))
 		goto out;