pktgen: adding prefetchw() call
authorJunchang Wang <junchangwang@gmail.com>
Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:55:16 +0000 (16:55 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:36:52 +0000 (15:36 -0800)
commita8d764b9832d3cc86019f71916665dd2d337d7c2
tree08637ac7b04a569b1b5152f8e52434c9f284bf29
parent4afb7527ac8cc7bd8f03570e12f6eed0eca03363
pktgen: adding prefetchw() call

We know for sure pktgen is going to write skb->data right after
*_alloc_skb, causing unnecessary cache misses.

Idea is to add a prefetchw() call to prefetch the first cache line
indicated by skb->data. On systems with Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch,
it's probably two cache lines are prefetched.

With this patch, pktgen on Intel SR1625 server with two E5530
quad-core processors and a single ixgbe-based NIC went from 8.63Mpps
to 9.03Mpps, with 4.6% improvement.

Signed-off-by: Junchang Wang <junchangwang@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/pktgen.c