linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/17] net: convert sock.sk_refcnt from atomic_t to refcount

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Message-ID: <20170320131629.GA26405@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:16:29 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        elena.reshetova@...el.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
        jmorris@...ei.org, kaber@...sh.net, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        ishkamiel@...il.com, dwindsor@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/17] net: convert sock.sk_refcnt from atomic_t to
 refcount_t

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:39:37AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> Can we at least give a benchmark and have someone run numbers? We should
> be able to quantify these things.

Do you realise how many times this thing gets hit at 10Gb/s or
higher? Anyway, since you're proposing this change you should
demonstrate that it does not cause a performance regression.

Cheers,
-- 
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