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Eric Dumazet says: ==================== tcp: provide better locality for retransmit timer TCP stack uses three timers per flow, currently spread this way: - sk->sk_timer : keepalive timer - icsk->icsk_retransmit_timer : retransmit timer - icsk->icsk_delack_timer : delayed ack timer This series moves the retransmit timer to sk->sk_timer location, to increase data locality in TX paths. keepalive timers are not often used, this change should be neutral for them. After the series we have following fields: - sk->tcp_retransmit_timer : retransmit timer, in sock_write_tx group - icsk->icsk_delack_timer : delayed ack timer - icsk->icsk_keepalive_timer : keepalive timer Moving icsk_delack_timer in a beter location would also be welcomed. ==================== Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251124175013.1473655-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by:Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>