Compile tested only!!! Fix optimization of netdev_priv() lost by the addition of multiqueue. Move the variable size subqueues to after the constant size priv area.
When putting back the old netdev_priv() code, I tried to make it clearer by using roundup() and ALIGN() macros. --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h 2007-08-17 12:08:51.000000000 -0400 +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h 2007-08-17 12:48:03.000000000 -0400 @@ -575,16 +575,15 @@ struct net_device /* The TX queue control structures */ unsigned int egress_subqueue_count; - struct net_device_subqueue egress_subqueue[1]; + struct net_device_subqueue *egress_subqueue; }; #define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev) #define NETDEV_ALIGN 32 -#define NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST (NETDEV_ALIGN - 1) static inline void *netdev_priv(const struct net_device *dev) { - return dev->priv; + return (void *)dev + ALIGN(sizeof(struct net_device), NETDEV_ALIGN); } #define SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev) do { } while (0) --- a/net/core/dev.c 2007-08-17 09:02:57.000000000 -0400 +++ b/net/core/dev.c 2007-08-17 12:48:30.000000000 -0400 @@ -3706,7 +3706,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_stats); * @queue_count: the number of subqueues to allocate * * Allocates a struct net_device with private data area for driver use - * and performs basic initialization. Also allocates subquue structs + * and performs basic initialization. + * + * Layout: + * allocation->+------------+ + * | (pad) | dev->padded + * dev -->+------------+ -- (32 byte boundary) + * | net_device | + * netdev_priv(dev) -->+------------+ -- (32 byte boundary) + * | device | + * | private | + * | | + * dev->egress_subqueue -->+------------+ -- (32 byte boundary) + * | Tx queue(s)| + * +------------+ + * + * Also allocates subqueue structs * for each queue on the device at the end of the netdevice. */ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mq(int sizeof_priv, const char *name, @@ -3719,10 +3734,9 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mq(int s BUG_ON(strlen(name) >= sizeof(dev->name)); /* ensure 32-byte alignment of both the device and private area */ - alloc_size = (sizeof(*dev) + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST + - (sizeof(struct net_device_subqueue) * (queue_count - 1))) & - ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST; - alloc_size += sizeof_priv + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST; + alloc_size = roundup(sizeof(*dev), NETDEV_ALIGN); + alloc_size += roundup(sizeof_priv, NETDEV_ALIGN); + alloc_size += sizeof(struct net_device_subqueue) * queue_count; p = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!p) { @@ -3730,19 +3744,20 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mq(int s return NULL; } - dev = (struct net_device *) - (((long)p + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST); + /* Pad so that network device is on cache line boundary */ + dev = (struct net_device *) ALIGN((unsigned long) p, NETDEV_ALIGN); dev->padded = (char *)dev - (char *)p; - if (sizeof_priv) { - dev->priv = ((char *)dev + - ((sizeof(struct net_device) + - (sizeof(struct net_device_subqueue) * - (queue_count - 1)) + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) - & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST)); - } + if (sizeof_priv) + dev->priv = netdev_priv(dev); + /* Put subqueue(s) which are variable size after fix sized priv area */ dev->egress_subqueue_count = queue_count; + dev->egress_subqueue = ALIGN((unsigned long)(netdev_priv(dev) + sizeof_priv), + NETDEV_ALIGN); + + pr_debug("alloc_netdev_mq: p=%p dev=%p priv=%p q=%p\n", + p, dev, dev->priv, dev->egress_subqueue); setup(dev); strcpy(dev->name, name); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html