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authorEric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>2008-11-26 06:17:14 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-11-26 06:17:14 +0100
commitdd24c00191d5e4a1ae896aafe33c6b8095ab4bd1 (patch)
treee955c09e0b288e50c706b6ee409229d5a930c80c /net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
parentnet: Use a percpu_counter for sockets_allocated (diff)
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net: Use a percpu_counter for orphan_count
Instead of using one atomic_t per protocol, use a percpu_counter for "orphan_count", to reduce cache line contention on heavy duty network servers. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 3df339e3e363..cc4e6d27dedc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void tcp_write_err(struct sock *sk)
static int tcp_out_of_resources(struct sock *sk, int do_reset)
{
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
- int orphans = atomic_read(&tcp_orphan_count);
+ int orphans = percpu_counter_read_positive(&tcp_orphan_count);
/* If peer does not open window for long time, or did not transmit
* anything for long time, penalize it. */