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[net] net: add cpu_relax to busy poll loop

Message ID 20130825072346.31655.84970.stgit@ladj378.jer.intel.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Eliezer Tamir Aug. 25, 2013, 7:23 a.m. UTC
Add a cpu_relaxt to sk_busy_loop.

Julie Cummings reported performance issues when hyperthreading is on.
Arjan van de Ven observed that we should have a cpu_relax() in the
busy poll loop.

Reported-by: Julie Cummings <julie.a.cummings@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
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 include/net/busy_poll.h |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


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Comments

David Miller Aug. 28, 2013, 9:46 p.m. UTC | #1
From: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:23:46 +0300

> Add a cpu_relaxt to sk_busy_loop.
> 
> Julie Cummings reported performance issues when hyperthreading is on.
> Arjan van de Ven observed that we should have a cpu_relax() in the
> busy poll loop.
> 
> Reported-by: Julie Cummings <julie.a.cummings@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>

Applied, thank you.
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diff --git a/include/net/busy_poll.h b/include/net/busy_poll.h
index 8a358a2..829627d 100644
--- a/include/net/busy_poll.h
+++ b/include/net/busy_poll.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@  static inline bool sk_busy_loop(struct sock *sk, int nonblock)
 			/* local bh are disabled so it is ok to use _BH */
 			NET_ADD_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk),
 					 LINUX_MIB_BUSYPOLLRXPACKETS, rc);
+		cpu_relax();
 
 	} while (!nonblock && skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue) &&
 		 !need_resched() && !busy_loop_timeout(end_time));