On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:00:58 +0100
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <bro...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:33:02 +0100
> Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 1/26/21 6:39 PM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> > > The current layout of net_device is not optimal for cacheline usage.
> > >
[...]
> > > @@ -1877,6 +1876,23 @@ struct net_device {
[...]
> > > +
> > > netdev_features_t features;
> > > netdev_features_t hw_features;
> > > netdev_features_t wanted_features;
> >
> > Probably wanted_features, hw_features are not used in fast path, only
> > in control path ?
>
> Yes, that was also my analysis. I did consider moving those down, but
> I wanted to keep the first iteration simple ;-)
I've send a followup[1] to address this, thanks for pointing it out.
[1]
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/161313782625.1008639.6000589679659428869.stgit@firesoul/
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Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
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