From d63d8afc7a6e95965331d9cac9d4a405d8cd0e8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:17:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allocate a persistent packet buffer.

Instead of allocating a new packet buffer every time we generate a packet,
we pre-allocate it and keep it around. We only reallocate when the MTU
increases.
---
 utcp.c      | 40 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 utcp_priv.h |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utcp.c b/utcp.c
index 5d63069..ae3b2b6 100644
--- a/utcp.c
+++ b/utcp.c
@@ -527,13 +527,7 @@ static void ack(struct utcp_connection *c, bool sendatleastone) {
 	struct {
 		struct hdr hdr;
 		uint8_t data[];
-	} *pkt;
-
-	pkt = malloc(sizeof(pkt->hdr) + c->utcp->mtu);
-
-	if(!pkt) {
-		return;
-	}
+	} *pkt = c->utcp->pkt;
 
 	pkt->hdr.src = c->src;
 	pkt->hdr.dst = c->dst;
@@ -566,8 +560,6 @@ static void ack(struct utcp_connection *c, bool sendatleastone) {
 		print_packet(c->utcp, "send", pkt, sizeof(pkt->hdr) + seglen);
 		c->utcp->send(c->utcp, pkt, sizeof(pkt->hdr) + seglen);
 	} while(left);
-
-	free(pkt);
 }
 
 ssize_t utcp_send(struct utcp_connection *c, const void *data, size_t len) {
@@ -687,13 +679,7 @@ static void retransmit(struct utcp_connection *c) {
 	struct {
 		struct hdr hdr;
 		uint8_t data[];
-	} *pkt;
-
-	pkt = malloc(sizeof(pkt->hdr) + c->utcp->mtu);
-
-	if(!pkt) {
-		return;
-	}
+	} *pkt = c->utcp->pkt;
 
 	pkt->hdr.src = c->src;
 	pkt->hdr.dst = c->dst;
@@ -773,7 +759,7 @@ static void retransmit(struct utcp_connection *c) {
 	c->rtt_start.tv_sec = 0; // invalidate RTT timer
 
 cleanup:
-	free(pkt);
+	return;
 }
 
 /* Update receive buffer and SACK entries after consuming data.
@@ -1861,7 +1847,7 @@ struct utcp *utcp_init(utcp_accept_t accept, utcp_pre_accept_t pre_accept, utcp_
 	utcp->pre_accept = pre_accept;
 	utcp->send = send;
 	utcp->priv = priv;
-	utcp->mtu = DEFAULT_MTU;
+	utcp_set_mtu(utcp, DEFAULT_MTU);
 	utcp->timeout = DEFAULT_USER_TIMEOUT; // sec
 	utcp->rto = START_RTO; // usec
 
@@ -1900,10 +1886,22 @@ uint16_t utcp_get_mtu(struct utcp *utcp) {
 }
 
 void utcp_set_mtu(struct utcp *utcp, uint16_t mtu) {
-	// TODO: handle overhead of the header
-	if(utcp) {
-		utcp->mtu = mtu;
+	if (!utcp) {
+		return;
 	}
+
+	if (mtu <= sizeof(struct hdr)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (mtu > utcp->mtu) {
+		char *new = realloc(utcp->pkt, mtu);
+		if (!new)
+			return;
+		utcp->pkt = new;
+	}
+
+	utcp->mtu = mtu;
 }
 
 void utcp_reset_timers(struct utcp *utcp) {
diff --git a/utcp_priv.h b/utcp_priv.h
index 6c5c1f8..1f72fb4 100644
--- a/utcp_priv.h
+++ b/utcp_priv.h
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ struct utcp {
 	utcp_pre_accept_t pre_accept;
 	utcp_send_t send;
 
+	// Packet buffer
+
+	void *pkt;
+
 	// Global socket options
 
 	uint16_t mtu;
-- 
2.39.2