netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net_sched: move TCQ_F

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:56:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net, hawk@...u.dk,
	jarkao2@...il.com, hadi@...erus.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net_sched: move TCQ_F_THROTTLED flag

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:27:16 +0100

> In commit 371121057607e (net: QDISC_STATE_RUNNING dont need atomic bit
> ops) I moved QDISC_STATE_RUNNING flag to __state container, located in
> the cache line containing qdisc lock and often dirtied fields.
> 
> I now move TCQ_F_THROTTLED bit too, so that we let first cache line read
> mostly, and shared by all cpus. This should speedup HTB/CBQ for example.
> 
> Not using test_bit()/__clear_bit()/__test_and_set_bit allows to use an
> "unsigned int" for __state container, reducing by 8 bytes Qdisc size.
> 
> Introduce helpers to hide implementation details.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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