Merge branch 'net-mitigate-kmem_free-slowpath'
Jesper Dangaard Brouer says: ==================== net: mitigating kmem_cache free slowpath This patchset is the first real use-case for kmem_cache bulk _free_. The use of bulk _alloc_ is NOT included in this patchset. The full use have previously been posted here [1]. The bulk free side have the largest benefit for the network stack use-case, because network stack is hitting the kmem_cache/SLUB slowpath when freeing SKBs, due to the amount of outstanding SKBs. This is solved by using the new API kmem_cache_free_bulk(). Introduce new API napi_consume_skb(), that hides/handles bulk freeing for the caller. The drivers simply need to use this call when freeing SKBs in NAPI context, e.g. replacing their calles to dev_kfree_skb() / dev_consume_skb_any(). Driver ixgbe is the first user of this new API. [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/384302/focus=397373 ==================== Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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