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net: use bigger pages in __netdev_alloc_frag 

We currently use percpu order-0 pages in __netdev_alloc_frag
to deliver fragments used by __netdev_alloc_skb()

Depending on NIC driver and arch being 32 or 64 bit, it allows a page to
be split in several fragments (between 1 and 8), assuming PAGE_SIZE=4096

Switching to bigger pages (32768 bytes for PAGE_SIZE=4096 case) allows :

- Better filling of space (the ending hole overhead is less an issue)

- Less calls to page allocator or accesses to page->_count

- Could allow struct skb_shared_info futures changes without major
  performance impact.

This patch implements a transparent fallback to smaller
pages in case of memory pressure.

It also uses a standard "struct page_frag" instead of a custom one.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet 2012-09-26 06:46:57 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 5dff747b70
commit 69b08f62e1
1 changed files with 30 additions and 16 deletions
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net/core/skbuff.c
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@ -340,43 +340,57 @@ struct sk_buff *build_skb(void *data, unsigned int frag_size)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(build_skb);
struct netdev_alloc_cache {
struct page *page;
unsigned int offset;
unsigned int pagecnt_bias;
struct page_frag frag;
/* we maintain a pagecount bias, so that we dont dirty cache line
* containing page->_count every time we allocate a fragment.
*/
unsigned int pagecnt_bias;
};
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct netdev_alloc_cache, netdev_alloc_cache);
#define NETDEV_PAGECNT_BIAS (PAGE_SIZE / SMP_CACHE_BYTES)
#define NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_ORDER get_order(32768)
#define NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE << NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_ORDER)
#define NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_SIZE
static void *__netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
struct netdev_alloc_cache *nc;
void *data = NULL;
int order;
unsigned long flags;
local_irq_save(flags);
nc = &__get_cpu_var(netdev_alloc_cache);
if (unlikely(!nc->page)) {
if (unlikely(!nc->frag.page)) {
refill:
nc->page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
if (unlikely(!nc->page))
goto end;
for (order = NETDEV_FRAG_PAGE_MAX_ORDER; ;) {
gfp_t gfp = gfp_mask;
if (order)
gfp |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
nc->frag.page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
if (likely(nc->frag.page))
break;
if (--order < 0)
goto end;
}
nc->frag.size = PAGE_SIZE << order;
recycle:
atomic_set(&nc->page->_count, NETDEV_PAGECNT_BIAS);
nc->pagecnt_bias = NETDEV_PAGECNT_BIAS;
nc->offset = 0;
atomic_set(&nc->frag.page->_count, NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS);
nc->pagecnt_bias = NETDEV_PAGECNT_MAX_BIAS;
nc->frag.offset = 0;
}
if (nc->offset + fragsz > PAGE_SIZE) {
if (nc->frag.offset + fragsz > nc->frag.size) {
/* avoid unnecessary locked operations if possible */
if ((atomic_read(&nc->page->_count) == nc->pagecnt_bias) ||
atomic_sub_and_test(nc->pagecnt_bias, &nc->page->_count))
if ((atomic_read(&nc->frag.page->_count) == nc->pagecnt_bias) ||
atomic_sub_and_test(nc->pagecnt_bias, &nc->frag.page->_count))
goto recycle;
goto refill;
}
data = page_address(nc->page) + nc->offset;
nc->offset += fragsz;
data = page_address(nc->frag.page) + nc->frag.offset;
nc->frag.offset += fragsz;
nc->pagecnt_bias--;
end:
local_irq_restore(flags);