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Message-ID: <ac686bdb-470b-07ab-2ef9-3d47fd06e6cd@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jan 2022 10:32:48 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/7] net: dsa: merge all bools of struct
 dsa_switch into a single u32

On 1/5/22 5:21 AM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> struct dsa_switch has 9 boolean properties, many of which are in fact
> set by drivers for custom behavior (vlan_filtering_is_global,
> needs_standalone_vlan_filtering, etc etc). The binary layout of the
> structure could be improved. For example, the "bool setup" at the
> beginning introduces a gratuitous 7 byte hole in the first cache line.
> 
> The change merges all boolean properties into bitfields of an u32, and
> places that u32 in the first cache line of the structure, since many
> bools are accessed from the data path (untag_bridge_pvid, vlan_filtering,
> vlan_filtering_is_global).
> 
> We place this u32 after the existing ds->index, which is also 4 bytes in
> size. As a positive side effect, ds->tagger_data now fits into the first
> cache line too, because 4 bytes are saved.
> 
> Before:
> 
> pahole -C dsa_switch net/dsa/slave.o
> struct dsa_switch {
>         bool                       setup;                /*     0     1 */
> 
>         /* XXX 7 bytes hole, try to pack */
> 
>         struct device *            dev;                  /*     8     8 */
>         struct dsa_switch_tree *   dst;                  /*    16     8 */
>         unsigned int               index;                /*    24     4 */
> 
>         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> 
>         struct notifier_block      nb;                   /*    32    24 */
> 
>         /* XXX last struct has 4 bytes of padding */
> 
>         void *                     priv;                 /*    56     8 */
>         /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
>         void *                     tagger_data;          /*    64     8 */
>         struct dsa_chip_data *     cd;                   /*    72     8 */
>         const struct dsa_switch_ops  * ops;              /*    80     8 */
>         u32                        phys_mii_mask;        /*    88     4 */
> 
>         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> 
>         struct mii_bus *           slave_mii_bus;        /*    96     8 */
>         unsigned int               ageing_time_min;      /*   104     4 */
>         unsigned int               ageing_time_max;      /*   108     4 */
>         struct dsa_8021q_context * tag_8021q_ctx;        /*   112     8 */
>         struct devlink *           devlink;              /*   120     8 */
>         /* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */
>         unsigned int               num_tx_queues;        /*   128     4 */
>         bool                       vlan_filtering_is_global; /*   132     1 */
>         bool                       needs_standalone_vlan_filtering; /*   133     1 */
>         bool                       configure_vlan_while_not_filtering; /*   134     1 */
>         bool                       untag_bridge_pvid;    /*   135     1 */
>         bool                       assisted_learning_on_cpu_port; /*   136     1 */
>         bool                       vlan_filtering;       /*   137     1 */
>         bool                       pcs_poll;             /*   138     1 */
>         bool                       mtu_enforcement_ingress; /*   139     1 */
>         unsigned int               num_lag_ids;          /*   140     4 */
>         unsigned int               max_num_bridges;      /*   144     4 */
> 
>         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> 
>         size_t                     num_ports;            /*   152     8 */
> 
>         /* size: 160, cachelines: 3, members: 27 */
>         /* sum members: 141, holes: 4, sum holes: 19 */
>         /* paddings: 1, sum paddings: 4 */
>         /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */
> };
> 
> After:
> 
> pahole -C dsa_switch net/dsa/slave.o
> struct dsa_switch {
>         struct device *            dev;                  /*     0     8 */
>         struct dsa_switch_tree *   dst;                  /*     8     8 */
>         unsigned int               index;                /*    16     4 */
>         u32                        setup:1;              /*    20: 0  4 */
>         u32                        vlan_filtering_is_global:1; /*    20: 1  4 */
>         u32                        needs_standalone_vlan_filtering:1; /*    20: 2  4 */
>         u32                        configure_vlan_while_not_filtering:1; /*    20: 3  4 */
>         u32                        untag_bridge_pvid:1;  /*    20: 4  4 */
>         u32                        assisted_learning_on_cpu_port:1; /*    20: 5  4 */
>         u32                        vlan_filtering:1;     /*    20: 6  4 */
>         u32                        pcs_poll:1;           /*    20: 7  4 */
>         u32                        mtu_enforcement_ingress:1; /*    20: 8  4 */
> 
>         /* XXX 23 bits hole, try to pack */
> 
>         struct notifier_block      nb;                   /*    24    24 */
> 
>         /* XXX last struct has 4 bytes of padding */
> 
>         void *                     priv;                 /*    48     8 */
>         void *                     tagger_data;          /*    56     8 */
>         /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
>         struct dsa_chip_data *     cd;                   /*    64     8 */
>         const struct dsa_switch_ops  * ops;              /*    72     8 */
>         u32                        phys_mii_mask;        /*    80     4 */
> 
>         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> 
>         struct mii_bus *           slave_mii_bus;        /*    88     8 */
>         unsigned int               ageing_time_min;      /*    96     4 */
>         unsigned int               ageing_time_max;      /*   100     4 */
>         struct dsa_8021q_context * tag_8021q_ctx;        /*   104     8 */
>         struct devlink *           devlink;              /*   112     8 */
>         unsigned int               num_tx_queues;        /*   120     4 */
>         unsigned int               num_lag_ids;          /*   124     4 */
>         /* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */
>         unsigned int               max_num_bridges;      /*   128     4 */
> 
>         /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> 
>         size_t                     num_ports;            /*   136     8 */
> 
>         /* size: 144, cachelines: 3, members: 27 */
>         /* sum members: 132, holes: 2, sum holes: 8 */
>         /* sum bitfield members: 9 bits, bit holes: 1, sum bit holes: 23 bits */
>         /* paddings: 1, sum paddings: 4 */
>         /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */
> };
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian

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