We know the lock is going to be taken. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
@@ -1259,6 +1259,8 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (skb_checksum_help(skb, 0))
goto out_kfree_skb;
+ spin_lock_prefetch(&dev->queue_lock);
+
/* Disable soft irqs for various locks below. Also
* stops preemption for RCU.
*/