tree f97c1d57b25585394ebbd4b42b8d42a339f98644
parent 77d76ea310b50a9c8ff15bd290fcb4ed4961adf2
author Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> 1135284562 -0800
committer David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> 1136322675 -0800

[NET]: move struct proto_ops to const

I noticed that some of 'struct proto_ops' used in the kernel may share
a cache line used by locks or other heavily modified data. (default
linker alignement is 32 bytes, and L1_CACHE_LINE is 64 or 128 at
least)

This patch makes sure a 'struct proto_ops' can be declared as const,
so that all cpus can share all parts of it without false sharing.

This is not mandatory : a driver can still use a read/write structure
if it needs to (and eventually a __read_mostly)

I made a global stubstitute to change all existing occurences to make
them const.

This should reduce the possibility of false sharing on SMP, and
speedup some socket system calls.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>