netdev - [PATCH net-next 0/5] sched: convert queues to single-linked list

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Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:57:29 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/5] sched: convert queues to single-linked list

During Netfilter Workshop 2016 Eric Dumazet pointed out that qdisc
schedulers use doubly-linked lists, even though single-linked list
would be enough.

The double-linked skb lists incur one extra write on enqueue/dequeue
operations (to change ->prev pointer of next list elem).

This series converts qdiscs to single-linked version, listhead
maintains pointers to first (for dequeue) and last skb (for enqueue).

Most qdiscs don't queue at all and instead use a leaf qdisc (typically
pfifo_fast) so only a few schedulers needed changes.

I briefly tested netem and htb and they seemed fine.

UDP_STREAM netperf with 64 byte packets via veth+pfifo_fast shows
a small (~2%) improvement.

Florian Westphal (5):
      pie: use qdisc_dequeue_head wrapper
      sched: don't use skb queue helpers
      sched: remove qdisc arg from __qdisc_dequeue_head
      sched: replace __skb_dequeue with __qdisc_dequeue_head
      sched: add and use qdisc_skb_head helpers

 include/net/sch_generic.h |   72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 net/sched/sch_codel.c     |    4 +-
 net/sched/sch_fifo.c      |    4 +-
 net/sched/sch_generic.c   |   30 +++++++++++--------
 net/sched/sch_htb.c       |   24 ++++++++++++---
 net/sched/sch_netem.c     |   20 +++++++++---
 net/sched/sch_pie.c       |    4 +-
 7 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)