There is no point using RCU for dst we allocate for a very short time
(used once).
Change dst_release() to take DST_NOCACHE into account, but also change
skb_dst_set_noref() to force a refcount increment for such dst.
This is a _huge_ gain, because we dont waste memory to store xx thousand
of dsts. Instead of queueing them to RCU, we can free them instantly.
CPU caches can stay hot, re-using same memory blocks to hold temporary
dsts.
Note : remove unneeded smp_mb__before_atomic_dec(); in dst_release(),
since atomic_dec_return() implies a full memory barrier.
Stress test, 160.000.000 udp frames sent, IP route cache disabled
(DDOS).
Before:
real 0m38.091s
user 0m13.189s
sys 7m53.018s
After:
real 0m29.946s
user 0m12.157s
sys 7m40.605s
For reference, if IP route cache was enabled :
real 0m32.030s
user 0m10.521s
sys 8m15.243s
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Eric Dumazet
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