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Date:   Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:56:46 -0700
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net-next 12/13] net/mlx5e: TX, Move DB fields in TXQ-SQ struct

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>

Pointers in DB are static, move them to read-only area so they
do not share a cacheline with fields modified in datapath.

Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 3f21cafe6be3..c41cfc2a4b70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -365,16 +365,14 @@ struct mlx5e_txqsq {
 
 	struct mlx5e_cq            cq;
 
-	/* write@...t, read@...pletion */
-	struct {
-		struct mlx5e_sq_dma       *dma_fifo;
-		struct mlx5e_tx_wqe_info  *wqe_info;
-	} db;
-
 	/* read only */
 	struct mlx5_wq_cyc         wq;
 	u32                        dma_fifo_mask;
 	struct mlx5e_sq_stats     *stats;
+	struct {
+		struct mlx5e_sq_dma       *dma_fifo;
+		struct mlx5e_tx_wqe_info  *wqe_info;
+	} db;
 	void __iomem              *uar_map;
 	struct netdev_queue       *txq;
 	u32                        sqn;
-- 
2.17.0