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mlxsw_emad_transmit() takes care of sending EMAD transactions to the device. Since these transactions can time out, the driver performs up to 5 retransmissions, each time copying the skb with the original request. The data of the skb does not change throughout the process, so there is no need to copy it each time. Instead, only the skb itself can be copied. Therefore, use skb_clone() instead of skb_copy(). This reduces the latency of the function by about 16%. Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.