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Subject[PATCH net] net: add cpu_relax to busy poll loop
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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 <julie.a.cummings@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>
---

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));


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