Group the hot path members of struct clock_event_device together so we have a better cache line footprint. Make it cacheline aligned. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- include/linux/clockchips.h | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/clockchips.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/include/linux/clockchips.h +++ linux-2.6-tip/include/linux/clockchips.h @@ -56,46 +56,47 @@ enum clock_event_nofitiers { /** * struct clock_event_device - clock event device descriptor - * @name: ptr to clock event name - * @features: features + * @event_handler: Assigned by the framework to be called by the low + * level handler of the event source + * @set_next_event: set next event function + * @next_event: local storage for the next event in oneshot mode * @max_delta_ns: maximum delta value in ns * @min_delta_ns: minimum delta value in ns * @mult: nanosecond to cycles multiplier * @shift: nanoseconds to cycles divisor (power of two) + * @mode: operating mode assigned by the management code + * @features: features + * @retries: number of forced programming retries + * @set_mode: set mode function + * @broadcast: function to broadcast events + * @name: ptr to clock event name * @rating: variable to rate clock event devices * @irq: IRQ number (only for non CPU local devices) * @cpumask: cpumask to indicate for which CPUs this device works - * @set_next_event: set next event function - * @set_mode: set mode function - * @event_handler: Assigned by the framework to be called by the low - * level handler of the event source - * @broadcast: function to broadcast events * @list: list head for the management code - * @mode: operating mode assigned by the management code - * @next_event: local storage for the next event in oneshot mode - * @retries: number of forced programming retries */ struct clock_event_device { - const char *name; - unsigned int features; + void (*event_handler)(struct clock_event_device *); + int (*set_next_event)(unsigned long evt, + struct clock_event_device *); + ktime_t next_event; u64 max_delta_ns; u64 min_delta_ns; u32 mult; u32 shift; + enum clock_event_mode mode; + unsigned int features; + unsigned long retries; + + void (*broadcast)(const struct cpumask *mask); + void (*set_mode)(enum clock_event_mode mode, + struct clock_event_device *); + const char *name; int rating; int irq; const struct cpumask *cpumask; - int (*set_next_event)(unsigned long evt, - struct clock_event_device *); - void (*set_mode)(enum clock_event_mode mode, - struct clock_event_device *); - void (*event_handler)(struct clock_event_device *); - void (*broadcast)(const struct cpumask *mask); struct list_head list; - enum clock_event_mode mode; - ktime_t next_event; - unsigned long retries; -}; +} ____cacheline_aligned; /* * Calculate a multiplication factor for scaled math, which is used to convert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/