netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: updating dst lastusage is an unlikely event.

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Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:41:01 +0200
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: updating dst lastusage is an unlikely event.

Since commit 0da4af00b2ed ("ipv6: only update __use and lastusetime
once per jiffy at most"), updating the dst lastuse field is an
unlikely action: it happens at most once per jiffy, out of
potentially millions of calls per second.

Mark explicitly the code as such, and let the compiler generate
better code.

Note: gcc 7.2 and several older versions do actually generate
different - better - code when the unlikely() hint is in place,
avoid jump in the fast path and keeping better code locality.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
---
 include/net/dst.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index d70b33dc2332..0744a9630eed 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static inline void dst_hold(struct dst_entry *dst)

 static inline void dst_use_noref(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long time)
 {
-	if (time != dst->lastuse) {
+	if (unlikely(time != dst->lastuse)) {
 		dst->__use++;
 		dst->lastuse = time;
 	}
-- 
2.13.6