From 9b0c290e78d667e6a483bde8c7cef7dd15f49017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:03:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fib: introduce fib_alias_accessed() helper
Perf tools session at NFWS 2010 pointed out a false sharing on struct
fib_alias that can be avoided pretty easily, if we set FA_S_ACCESSED bit
only if needed (ie : not already set)
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
net/ipv4/fib_hash.c | 3 ++-
net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h | 7 +++++++
net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 3 ++-
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
index 4f1aafd3ba89..43e1c594ce8f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ void fib_table_select_default(struct fib_table *tb,
if (!next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_gw ||
next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_scope != RT_SCOPE_LINK)
continue;
- fa->fa_state |= FA_S_ACCESSED;
+
+ fib_alias_accessed(fa);
if (fi == NULL) {
if (next_fi != res->fi)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
index 5072d8effd5d..a29edf2219c8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ struct fib_alias {
#define FA_S_ACCESSED 0x01
+/* Dont write on fa_state unless needed, to keep it shared on all cpus */
+static inline void fib_alias_accessed(struct fib_alias *fa)
+{
+ if (!(fa->fa_state & FA_S_ACCESSED))
+ fa->fa_state |= FA_S_ACCESSED;
+}
+
/* Exported by fib_semantics.c */
extern int fib_semantic_match(struct list_head *head,
const struct flowi *flp,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 6734c9cab248..3e0da3ef6116 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ int fib_semantic_match(struct list_head *head, const struct flowi *flp,
if (fa->fa_scope < flp->fl4_scope)
continue;
- fa->fa_state |= FA_S_ACCESSED;
+ fib_alias_accessed(fa);
err = fib_props[fa->fa_type].error;
if (err == 0) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 31494f335686..cd5e13aee7d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1838,7 +1838,8 @@ void fib_table_select_default(struct fib_table *tb,
if (!next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_gw ||
next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_scope != RT_SCOPE_LINK)
continue;
- fa->fa_state |= FA_S_ACCESSED;
+
+ fib_alias_accessed(fa);
if (fi == NULL) {
if (next_fi != res->fi)
--
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