From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: shrinks struct net_device
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:58:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1284641893.3352.25.camel@edumazet-laptop> (raw)
commit ab95bfe01 (net: replace hooks in __netif_receive_skb) added
rx_handler at wrong place, between two cache line aligned objects,
creating a big hole (a full cache line)
Move rx_handler and rx_handler_data before rx_queue, filling existing
hole.
Move master field in the cache line(s) used in receive path.
This saves 64 bytes (or L1_CACHE_BYTES), and avoids two possible
cache misses in receive path.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8992fff..ec17887 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -918,10 +918,6 @@ struct net_device {
unsigned short needed_headroom;
unsigned short needed_tailroom;
- struct net_device *master; /* Pointer to master device of a group,
- * which this device is member of.
- */
-
/* Interface address info. */
unsigned char perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* permanent hw address */
unsigned char addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */
@@ -951,7 +947,7 @@ struct net_device {
assign before registering */
/*
- * Cache line mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans())
+ * Cache lines mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans())
*/
unsigned long last_rx; /* Time of last Rx
* This should not be set in
@@ -961,6 +957,10 @@ struct net_device {
* avoid dirtying this cache line.
*/
+ struct net_device *master; /* Pointer to master device of a group,
+ * which this device is member of.
+ */
+
/* Interface address info used in eth_type_trans() */
unsigned char *dev_addr; /* hw address, (before bcast
because most packets are
@@ -980,10 +980,14 @@ struct net_device {
unsigned int num_rx_queues;
#endif
- struct netdev_queue rx_queue;
rx_handler_func_t *rx_handler;
void *rx_handler_data;
+ struct netdev_queue rx_queue; /* use two cache lines */
+
+/*
+ * Cache lines mostly used on transmit path
+ */
struct netdev_queue *_tx ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
/* Number of TX queues allocated at alloc_netdev_mq() time */
@@ -997,9 +1001,7 @@ struct net_device {
unsigned long tx_queue_len; /* Max frames per queue allowed */
spinlock_t tx_global_lock;
-/*
- * One part is mostly used on xmit path (device)
- */
+
/* These may be needed for future network-power-down code. */
/*
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2010-09-16 12:58 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2010-09-17 4:59 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: shrinks struct net_device David Miller
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