From 9b0c290e78d667e6a483bde8c7cef7dd15f49017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:03:38 +0000 Subject: fib: introduce fib_alias_accessed() helper Perf tools session at NFWS 2010 pointed out a false sharing on struct fib_alias that can be avoided pretty easily, if we set FA_S_ACCESSED bit only if needed (ie : not already set) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/fib_hash.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/ipv4/fib_hash.c') diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c index 4f1aafd3ba89..43e1c594ce8f 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c +++ b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c @@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ void fib_table_select_default(struct fib_table *tb, if (!next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_gw || next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_scope != RT_SCOPE_LINK) continue; - fa->fa_state |= FA_S_ACCESSED; + + fib_alias_accessed(fa); if (fi == NULL) { if (next_fi != res->fi) -- cgit v1.2.3