From 75eefc6c59fd2c5f1ab95a3a113c217237d12a31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 11:14:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] tcp: tsq: add a shortcut in tcp_small_queue_check()

Always allow the two first skbs in write queue to be sent,
regardless of sk_wmem_alloc/sk_pacing_rate values.

This helps a lot in situations where TX completions are delayed either
because of driver latencies or softirq latencies.

Test is done with no cache line misses.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2144,6 +2144,15 @@ static bool tcp_small_queue_check(struct
 	limit <<= factor;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > limit) {
+		/* Always send the 1st or 2nd skb in write queue.
+		 * No need to wait for TX completion to call us back,
+		 * after softirq/tasklet schedule.
+		 * This helps when TX completions are delayed too much.
+		 */
+		if (skb == sk->sk_write_queue.next ||
+		    skb->prev == sk->sk_write_queue.next)
+			return false;
+
 		set_bit(TSQ_THROTTLED, &tcp_sk(sk)->tsq_flags);
 		/* It is possible TX completion already happened
 		 * before we set TSQ_THROTTLED, so we must
