[Bridge] [PATCH net-next v2 01/15] net: bridge: mdb: arrange internal structs so fast-path fields are close

Nikolay Aleksandrov nikolay at cumulusnetworks.com
Wed Sep 2 11:25:15 UTC 2020


Before this patch we'd need 2 cache lines for fast-path, now all used
fields are in the first cache line.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay at cumulusnetworks.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_private.h | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index baa1500f384f..357b6905ecef 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -217,23 +217,27 @@ struct net_bridge_fdb_entry {
 struct net_bridge_port_group {
 	struct net_bridge_port		*port;
 	struct net_bridge_port_group __rcu *next;
-	struct hlist_node		mglist;
-	struct rcu_head			rcu;
-	struct timer_list		timer;
 	struct br_ip			addr;
 	unsigned char			eth_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 	unsigned char			flags;
+
+	struct timer_list		timer;
+	struct hlist_node		mglist;
+
+	struct rcu_head			rcu;
 };
 
 struct net_bridge_mdb_entry {
 	struct rhash_head		rhnode;
 	struct net_bridge		*br;
 	struct net_bridge_port_group __rcu *ports;
-	struct rcu_head			rcu;
-	struct timer_list		timer;
 	struct br_ip			addr;
 	bool				host_joined;
+
+	struct timer_list		timer;
 	struct hlist_node		mdb_node;
+
+	struct rcu_head			rcu;
 };
 
 struct net_bridge_port {
-- 
2.25.4



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