netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/8] vxlan: Read jiffies once when updating FDB 'used' time

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Message-ID: <20250204145549.1216254-3-idosch@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 16:55:43 +0200
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, <horms@...nel.org>,
	<petrm@...dia.com>, <razor@...ckwall.org>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/8] vxlan: Read jiffies once when updating FDB 'used' time

Avoid two volatile reads in the data path. Instead, read jiffies once
and only if an FDB entry was found.

Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 2f2c6606f719..676a93ce3a19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -434,8 +434,12 @@ static struct vxlan_fdb *vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
 
 	f = __vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, mac, vni);
-	if (f && READ_ONCE(f->used) != jiffies)
-		WRITE_ONCE(f->used, jiffies);
+	if (f) {
+		unsigned long now = jiffies;
+
+		if (READ_ONCE(f->used) != now)
+			WRITE_ONCE(f->used, now);
+	}
 
 	return f;
 }
-- 
2.48.1