(tcp_congestion_ops)->cwnd_event() is called very often, with
@event oscillating between CA_EVENT_TX_START and other values.
This is not branch prediction friendly.
Provide a new cwnd_event_tx_start pointer dedicated for CA_EVENT_TX_START.
Both BBR and CUBIC benefit from this change, since they only care
about CA_EVENT_TX_START.
No change in kernel size:
$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.0 vmlinux
add/remove: 4/4 grow/shrink: 3/1 up/down: 564/-568 (-4)
Function old new delta
bbr_cwnd_event_tx_start - 450 +450
cubictcp_cwnd_event_tx_start - 70 +70
__pfx_cubictcp_cwnd_event_tx_start - 16 +16
__pfx_bbr_cwnd_event_tx_start - 16 +16
tcp_unregister_congestion_control 93 99 +6
tcp_update_congestion_control 518 521 +3
tcp_register_congestion_control 422 425 +3
__tcp_transmit_skb 3308 3306 -2
__pfx_cubictcp_cwnd_event 16 - -16
__pfx_bbr_cwnd_event 16 - -16
cubictcp_cwnd_event 80 - -80
bbr_cwnd_event 454 - -454
Total: Before=25240512, After=25240508, chg -0.00%
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323234920.1097858-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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