netdev - Re: [PATCH] convert hh

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Date:	Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:15:53 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] convert hh_lock to seqlock

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:23:07 +0100
Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> > The hard header cache is in the main output path, so using
> > seqlock instead of reader/writer lock should reduce overhead.
> > 
> 
> Nice work Stephen, I am very interested.
> 
> Did you benchmarked it ?
> 
> I ask because I think hh_refcnt frequent changes may defeat the gain you want 
> (ie avoiding cache line ping pongs between cpus). seqlock are definitly better 
> than rwlock, but if we really keep cache lines shared.
> 
> So I would suggest reordering fields of hh_cache and adding one 
> ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp to keep hh_refcnt in another cache line.
> 
> (hh_len, hh_lock and hh_data should be placed on a 'mostly read' cache line)
> 
> Thank you
> Eric

It doesn't make any visible performance difference for real networks; 
copies and device issues are much larger.

The hh_refcnt is used only when creating destroying neighbor entries,
so except under DoS attack it doesn't make a lot of difference.
The hh_lock is used on each packet sent.
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