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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 631cec4ff5e..6be767c76b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -193,7 +193,14 @@ struct hh_cache { struct hh_cache *hh_next; /* Next entry */ atomic_t hh_refcnt; /* number of users */ - __be16 hh_type; /* protocol identifier, f.e ETH_P_IP +/* + * We want hh_output, hh_len, hh_lock and hh_data be a in a separate + * cache line on SMP. + * They are mostly read, but hh_refcnt may be changed quite frequently, + * incurring cache line ping pongs. + */ + __be16 hh_type ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp; + /* protocol identifier, f.e ETH_P_IP * NOTE: For VLANs, this will be the * encapuslated type. --BLG */ |