netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "net: init sk

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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:12:50 +0800
From:   Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "net: init sk_cookie for inet socket"

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 04/24/2018 05:05 AM, Yafang Shao wrote:
>> This revert commit <c6849a3ac17e> ("net: init sk_cookie for inet socket")
>>
>> Per discussion with Eric.
>>
>
> I suggest you include a bit more details, about cache line false sharing.
>

Coud we adjust the struct common to avoid such kind of cache line
false sharing ?
I mean removing "atomic64_t  skc_cookie;" from struct sock_common and
place it in struct inet_sock ?

Thanks
Yafang