From 27b75c95f10d249574d9c4cb9dab878107faede8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:44:11 +0000 Subject: net: avoid RCU for NOCACHE dst There is no point using RCU for dst we allocate for a very short time (used once). Change dst_release() to take DST_NOCACHE into account, but also change skb_dst_set_noref() to force a refcount increment for such dst. This is a _huge_ gain, because we dont waste memory to store xx thousand of dsts. Instead of queueing them to RCU, we can free them instantly. CPU caches can stay hot, re-using same memory blocks to hold temporary dsts. Note : remove unneeded smp_mb__before_atomic_dec(); in dst_release(), since atomic_dec_return() implies a full memory barrier. Stress test, 160.000.000 udp frames sent, IP route cache disabled (DDOS). Before: real 0m38.091s user 0m13.189s sys 7m53.018s After: real 0m29.946s user 0m12.157s sys 7m40.605s For reference, if IP route cache was enabled : real 0m32.030s user 0m10.521s sys 8m15.243s Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/skbuff.h | 14 +------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h') diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 05a358f..e6ba898 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -460,19 +460,7 @@ static inline void skb_dst_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst) skb->_skb_refdst = (unsigned long)dst; } -/** - * skb_dst_set_noref - sets skb dst, without a reference - * @skb: buffer - * @dst: dst entry - * - * Sets skb dst, assuming a reference was not taken on dst - * skb_dst_drop() should not dst_release() this dst - */ -static inline void skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst) -{ - WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_held() && !rcu_read_lock_bh_held()); - skb->_skb_refdst = (unsigned long)dst | SKB_DST_NOREF; -} +extern void skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst); /** * skb_dst_is_noref - Test if skb dst isnt refcounted -- cgit v1.1