netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 00/17] fib_trie: Reduce time spent in fib_table

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Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:46:10 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 00/17] fib_trie: Reduce time spent in
 fib_table_lookup by 35 to 75%

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:55:23 -0800

> These patches are meant to address several performance issues I have seen 
> in the fib_trie implementation, and fib_table_lookup specifically.  With 
> these changes in place I have seen a reduction of up to 35 to 75% for the 
> total time spent in fib_table_lookup depending on the type of search being 
> performed.
 ...
> Changes since RFC:
>   Replaced this_cpu_ptr with correct call to this_cpu_inc in patch 1
>   Changed test for leaf_info mismatch to (key ^ n->key) & li->mask_plen in patch 10

As before, this looks awesome.

All applied to net-next, thanks!

This knocks about 35 cpu cycles off of a lookup that ends up using the
default route on sparc64.  From about ~438 cycles to ~403.

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