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_semantics.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c') diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c index 6734c9cab248..3e0da3ef6116 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c +++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c @@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ int fib_semantic_match(struct list_head *head, const struct flowi *flp, if (fa->fa_scope < flp->fl4_scope) continue; - fa->fa_state |= FA_S_ACCESSED; + fib_alias_accessed(fa); err = fib_props[fa->fa_type].error; if (err == 0) { -- cgit v1.2.3