[PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: dqs: make struct dql more cache efficient

From: Breno Leitao
Date: Mon Apr 08 2024 - 13:27:20 EST


With the previous change, struct dqs->stall_thrs will be in the hot path
(at queue side), even if DQS is disabled.

The other fields accessed in this function (last_obj_cnt and num_queued)
are in the first cache line, let's move this field (stall_thrs) to the
very first cache line, since there is a hole there.

This does not change the structure size, since it moves an short (2
bytes) to 4-bytes whole in the first cache line.

This is the new structure format now:

struct dql {
unsigned int num_queued; /* Total ever queued */
unsigned int last_obj_cnt; /* Count at last queuing */
..
short unsigned int stall_thrs; /* 12 2 */
/* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
..
/* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
..
/* Longest stall detected, reported to user */
short unsigned int stall_max; /* 100 2 */
/* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
};

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/dynamic_queue_limits.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_queue_limits.h b/include/linux/dynamic_queue_limits.h
index 869afb800ea1..281298e77a15 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_queue_limits.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_queue_limits.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ struct dql {
unsigned int adj_limit; /* limit + num_completed */
unsigned int last_obj_cnt; /* Count at last queuing */

+ /* Stall threshold (in jiffies), defined by user */
+ unsigned short stall_thrs;
+
unsigned long history_head; /* top 58 bits of jiffies */
/* stall entries, a bit per entry */
unsigned long history[DQL_HIST_LEN];
@@ -71,8 +74,6 @@ struct dql {
unsigned int min_limit; /* Minimum limit */
unsigned int slack_hold_time; /* Time to measure slack */

- /* Stall threshold (in jiffies), defined by user */
- unsigned short stall_thrs;
/* Longest stall detected, reported to user */
unsigned short stall_max;
unsigned long last_reap; /* Last reap (in jiffies) */
--
2.43.0