[TCP]: tcp_memory_pressure and tcp_socket are__read_mostly candidates
tcp_memory_pressure and tcp_socket currently share a cache line with tcp_memory_allocated, tcp_sockets_allocated.
(Very hot cache line)
It makes sense to declare these variables as __read_mostly, to avoid false sharing on SMP.
ffffffff8081d9c0 B tcp_orphan_count
ffffffff8081d9c4 B tcp_memory_allocated
ffffffff8081d9c8 B tcp_sockets_allocated
ffffffff8081d9cc B tcp_memory_pressure
ffffffff8081d9d0 b tcp_md5sig_users
ffffffff8081d9d8 b tcp_md5sig_pool
ffffffff8081d9e0 b warntime.31570
ffffffff8081d9e8 b tcp_socket
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 617a5e4c..e11eaf4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
#define ICMP_MIN_LENGTH 8
/* Socket used for sending RSTs */
-static struct socket *tcp_socket;
+static struct socket *tcp_socket __read_mostly;
void tcp_v4_send_check(struct sock *sk, int len, struct sk_buff *skb);