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net: make sure struct dst_entry refcount is aligned on 64 bytes
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As found in the past (commit f1dd9c3
[NET]: Fix tbench regression in 2.6.25-rc1), it is really
important that struct dst_entry refcount is aligned on a cache line.

We cannot use __atribute((aligned)), so manually pad the structure
for 32 and 64 bit arches.

for 32bit : offsetof(truct dst_entry, __refcnt) is 0x80
for 64bit : offsetof(truct dst_entry, __refcnt) is 0xc0

As it is not possible to guess at compile time cache line size,
we use a generic value of 64 bytes, that satisfies many current arches.
(Using 128 bytes alignment on 64bit arches would waste 64 bytes)

Add a BUILD_BUG_ON to catch future updates to "struct dst_entry" dont
break this alignment.

"tbench 8" is 4.4 % faster on a dual quad core (HP BL460c G1), Intel E5450 @3.00GHz
(2350 MB/s instead of 2250 MB/s)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet authored and David S. Miller committed Nov 17, 2008
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Expand Up @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct dst_entry
struct hh_cache *hh;
#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
struct xfrm_state *xfrm;
#else
void *__pad1;
#endif
int (*input)(struct sk_buff*);
int (*output)(struct sk_buff*);
Expand All @@ -71,8 +73,20 @@ struct dst_entry

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
__u32 tclassid;
#else
__u32 __pad2;
#endif


/*
* Align __refcnt to a 64 bytes alignment
* (L1_CACHE_SIZE would be too much)
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
long __pad_to_align_refcnt[2];
#else
long __pad_to_align_refcnt[1];
#endif
/*
* __refcnt wants to be on a different cache line from
* input/output/ops or performance tanks badly
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -157,6 +171,11 @@ dst_metric_locked(struct dst_entry *dst, int metric)

static inline void dst_hold(struct dst_entry * dst)
{
/*
* If your kernel compilation stops here, please check
* __pad_to_align_refcnt declaration in struct dst_entry
*/
BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct dst_entry, __refcnt) & 63);
atomic_inc(&dst->__refcnt);
}

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