netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor optimization in qdisc_qstats_cpu

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:07:27 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Rick Jones <rick.jones2@....com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor optimization in
 qdisc_qstats_cpu_drop()

On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 11:04 -0700, Rick Jones wrote:
> On 08/24/2016 10:23 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> >
> > per_cpu_inc() is faster (at least on x86) than per_cpu_ptr(xxx)++;
> 
> Is it possible it is non-trivially slower on other architectures?

No, in the worst case, compiler would emit the same code.