net: allow better page reuse in splice(sock -> pipe)

splice() from socket to pipe needs linear_to_page() helper to transfert skb header to part of page. We can reset the offset in the current sk->sk_sndmsg_page if we are the last user of the page. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Apr 21, 2012 · e66e9a3 · e66e9a3
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diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,9 @@ static inline struct page *linear_to_page(struct page *page, unsigned int *len,
 	} else {
 		unsigned int mlen;
 
+		/* If we are the only user of the page, we can reset offset */
+		if (page_count(p) == 1)
+			sk->sk_sndmsg_off = 0;
 		off = sk->sk_sndmsg_off;
 		mlen = PAGE_SIZE - off;
 		if (mlen < 64 && mlen < *len) {