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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir <[email protected]> --- include/net/busy_poll.h | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) 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)); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
