From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 2/6] ipv6: add some unlikely()/likely() clauses in ip6_output.c
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:20:53 -0400
Message-ID: <20260901002057.2024614-2-sashal@kernel.org>
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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 2855e4925416c5900a9c6cece11f4a2e56bf6e63 ]

1) daddr is unlikely a multicast in ip6_finish_output2().

2) ip6_finish_output_gso_slowpath_drop() should not be called often.

3) ip6_fragment() should not be called often.

4) opt is unlikely to be set.

5) ip6_xmit() and ip6_forward() mostly sends not too big packets.

6) Most __ip6_make_skb() calls are for UDP packets,
   not ICMPV6 ones.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260130210303.3888261-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 870a9e42ecc6 ("tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 351649874733e..d048321733b38 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int ip6_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
 
 	hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 	daddr = &hdr->daddr;
-	if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(daddr)) {
+	if (unlikely(ipv6_addr_is_multicast(daddr))) {
 		if (!(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) && sk_mc_loop(sk) &&
 		    ((mroute6_is_socket(net, skb) &&
 		     !(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_FORWARDED)) ||
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ ip6_finish_output_gso_slowpath_drop(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 static int ip6_finish_output_gso(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu)
 {
-	if (!(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_FAKEJUMBO) &&
-	    !skb_gso_validate_network_len(skb, mtu))
+	if (unlikely(!(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_FAKEJUMBO) &&
+	    !skb_gso_validate_network_len(skb, mtu)))
 		return ip6_finish_output_gso_slowpath_drop(net, sk, skb, mtu);
 
 	return ip6_finish_output2(net, sk, skb);
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ static int __ip6_finish_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb))
 		return ip6_finish_output_gso(net, sk, skb, mtu);
 
-	if (skb->len > mtu ||
-	    (IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size && skb->len > IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size))
+	if (unlikely(skb->len > mtu ||
+	    (IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size && skb->len > IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size)))
 		return ip6_fragment(net, sk, skb, ip6_finish_output2);
 
 	return ip6_finish_output2(net, sk, skb);
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (opt) {
+	if (unlikely(opt)) {
 		seg_len += opt->opt_nflen + opt->opt_flen;
 
 		if (opt->opt_flen)
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 	skb->mark = mark;
 
 	mtu = dst_mtu(dst);
-	if ((skb->len <= mtu) || skb->ignore_df || skb_is_gso(skb)) {
+	if (likely((skb->len <= mtu) || skb->ignore_df || skb_is_gso(skb))) {
 		IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTREQUESTS);
 
 		/* if egress device is enslaved to an L3 master device pass the
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
 		mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
 
-	if (ip6_pkt_too_big(skb, mtu)) {
+	if (unlikely(ip6_pkt_too_big(skb, mtu))) {
 		/* Again, force OUTPUT device used as source address */
 		skb->dev = dev;
 		icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu);
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ static int ip6_setup_cork(struct sock *sk, struct inet_cork_full *cork,
 	/*
 	 * setup for corking
 	 */
-	if (opt) {
+	if (unlikely(opt)) {
 		if (WARN_ON(v6_cork->opt))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ static void ip6_cork_steal_dst(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet_cork_full *cork)
 static void ip6_cork_release(struct inet_cork_full *cork,
 			     struct inet6_cork *v6_cork)
 {
-	if (v6_cork->opt) {
+	if (unlikely(v6_cork->opt)) {
 		struct ipv6_txoptions *opt = v6_cork->opt;
 
 		kfree(opt->dst0opt);
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__ip6_make_skb(struct sock *sk,
 	__skb_pull(skb, skb_network_header_len(skb));
 
 	final_dst = &fl6->daddr;
-	if (opt) {
+	if (unlikely(opt)) {
 		if (opt->opt_flen)
 			proto = ipv6_push_frag_opts(skb, opt, proto);
 		if (opt->opt_nflen)
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__ip6_make_skb(struct sock *sk,
 
 	ip6_cork_steal_dst(skb, cork);
 	IP6_INC_STATS(net, rt->rt6i_idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTREQUESTS);
-	if (proto == IPPROTO_ICMPV6) {
+	if (unlikely(proto == IPPROTO_ICMPV6)) {
 		struct inet6_dev *idev = ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb));
 		u8 icmp6_type;
 
-- 
2.53.0