From: Paolo Abeni <pab...@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:01:49 +0200
> When bringing in the recent cache optimization for the UDP protocol, I forgot > to leverage the newly introduced scratched area helpers in the UDPv6 code > path. > As a result, the UDPv6 implementation suffers some unnecessary performance > penality when compared to v4. > > This series aim to bring back UDPv6 on equal footing in respect to v4. > The first patch moves the shared helpers to the common include files, while > the second uses them in the UDPv6 code. > > This gives 5-8% performance improvement for a system under flood with small > UDPv6 packets. The performance delta is less than the one reported on the > original patch set because the UDPv6 code path already leveraged some of the > optimization. Series applied, thank you.
