netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next-2.6] xt_rateest: Better struct xt

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Message-ID: <4C0E33B4.1030501@trash.net>
Date:	Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:12:36 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Netfilter Development Mailinglist 
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next-2.6] xt_rateest: Better struct xt_rateest layout

On 07.06.2010 22:17, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> We currently dirty two cache lines in struct xt_rateest, this hurts SMP
> performance.
> 
> This patch moves lock/bstats/rstats at beginning of structure so that
> they share a single cache line.

Applied, thanks Eric.
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