netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] dev: Move received_rps counter next to RPS members in softnet data

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Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2022 14:58:54 -0700
From:   Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] dev: Move received_rps counter next to
 RPS members in softnet data

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 12:34 PM Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Move the received_rps counter value next to the other RPS-related members
> in softnet_data. This closes two four-byte holes in the structure, making
> room for another pointer in the first two cache lines without bumping the
> xmit struct to its own line.
>
> Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@...nel.org>

> ---
>  include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index 1a3cb93c3dcc..fe9aeca2fce9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -3100,7 +3100,6 @@ struct softnet_data {
>         /* stats */
>         unsigned int            processed;
>         unsigned int            time_squeeze;
> -       unsigned int            received_rps;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
>         struct softnet_data     *rps_ipi_list;
>  #endif
> @@ -3133,6 +3132,7 @@ struct softnet_data {
>         unsigned int            cpu;
>         unsigned int            input_queue_tail;
>  #endif
> +       unsigned int            received_rps;
>         unsigned int            dropped;
>         struct sk_buff_head     input_pkt_queue;
>         struct napi_struct      backlog;
> --
> 2.37.2
>