netdev - [PATCH] NET : align inet

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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:47:04 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] NET : align inet_protos[] on SMP

As IPPROTO_TCP is 6, it makes sense to make sure inet_protos[] array is properly cache line aligned to avoid false sharing on SMP.

c0680540 b peer_total
c0680544 b inet_peer_unused_head
c0680560 B inet_protos

On i386 this example, we can see that inet_protos[IPPROTO_TCP] shares a potentially hot (and modified) cache line.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

diff --git a/net/ipv4/protocol.c b/net/ipv4/protocol.c
index da70fef..971ab93 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/protocol.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/protocol.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ #include <net/udp.h>
 #include <net/ipip.h>
 #include <linux/igmp.h>
 
-struct net_protocol *inet_protos[MAX_INET_PROTOS];
+struct net_protocol *inet_protos[MAX_INET_PROTOS] ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inet_proto_lock);
 
 /*
-
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