summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/include/linux
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2010-09-16 02:58:13 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-09-16 21:58:44 -0700
commitcd13539b8bc9ae884e6d8d9374c594adff4304e4 (patch)
tree6adc13bc1dfe5da2480f5d2186e2719f5f2b713f /include/linux
parent94767632623c7bf5b16a0cf963ec93a8ad9acca4 (diff)
net: shrinks struct net_device
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> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h20
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8992fffb810..ec17887a5bc 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. */
/*