From 27b75c95f10d249574d9c4cb9dab878107faede8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:44:11 +0000 Subject: net: avoid RCU for NOCACHE dst There is no point using RCU for dst we allocate for a very short time (used once). Change dst_release() to take DST_NOCACHE into account, but also change skb_dst_set_noref() to force a refcount increment for such dst. This is a _huge_ gain, because we dont waste memory to store xx thousand of dsts. Instead of queueing them to RCU, we can free them instantly. CPU caches can stay hot, re-using same memory blocks to hold temporary dsts. Note : remove unneeded smp_mb__before_atomic_dec(); in dst_release(), since atomic_dec_return() implies a full memory barrier. Stress test, 160.000.000 udp frames sent, IP route cache disabled (DDOS). Before: real 0m38.091s user 0m13.189s sys 7m53.018s After: real 0m29.946s user 0m12.157s sys 7m40.605s For reference, if IP route cache was enabled : real 0m32.030s user 0m10.521s sys 8m15.243s Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dst.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/core') diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c index 32e542d7f472..8abe628b79f1 100644 --- a/net/core/dst.c +++ b/net/core/dst.c @@ -271,13 +271,40 @@ void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst) if (dst) { int newrefcnt; - smp_mb__before_atomic_dec(); newrefcnt = atomic_dec_return(&dst->__refcnt); WARN_ON(newrefcnt < 0); + if (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) && !newrefcnt) { + dst = dst_destroy(dst); + if (dst) + __dst_free(dst); + } } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_release); +/** + * skb_dst_set_noref - sets skb dst, without a reference + * @skb: buffer + * @dst: dst entry + * + * Sets skb dst, assuming a reference was not taken on dst + * skb_dst_drop() should not dst_release() this dst + */ +void skb_dst_set_noref(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst) +{ + WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_held() && !rcu_read_lock_bh_held()); + /* If dst not in cache, we must take a reference, because + * dst_release() will destroy dst as soon as its refcount becomes zero + */ + if (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE)) { + dst_hold(dst); + skb_dst_set(skb, dst); + } else { + skb->_skb_refdst = (unsigned long)dst | SKB_DST_NOREF; + } +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_dst_set_noref); + /* Dirty hack. We did it in 2.2 (in __dst_free), * we have _very_ good reasons not to repeat * this mistake in 2.3, but we have no choice -- cgit v1.2.3