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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2025-06-30 12:35:38 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2025-07-03 00:22:02 +0300
commit998642e999d23324c5dbf38149606d09cec2c377 (patch)
tree193d01be8d1645ffa13c80a50ca3a61281798313 /include/net/aligned_data.h
parent3715b5df09b92168a4492b48bb7ea70d89f9d8f3 (diff)
downloadlinux-998642e999d23324c5dbf38149606d09cec2c377.tar.xz
net: move net_cookie into net_aligned_data
Using per-cpu data for net->net_cookie generation is overkill, because even busy hosts do not create hundreds of netns per second. Make sure to put net_cookie in a private cache line to avoid potential false sharing. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630093540.3052835-3-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/aligned_data.h')
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diff --git a/include/net/aligned_data.h b/include/net/aligned_data.h
index cf3329d7c227..5c7badf71f04 100644
--- a/include/net/aligned_data.h
+++ b/include/net/aligned_data.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#ifndef _NET_ALIGNED_DATA_H
#define _NET_ALIGNED_DATA_H
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
/* Structure holding cacheline aligned fields on SMP builds.
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
* attribute to ensure no accidental false sharing can happen.
*/
struct net_aligned_data {
+ atomic64_t net_cookie ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
};
extern struct net_aligned_data net_aligned_data;