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This patch caches doorbell address directly in struct mlx4_en_tx_ring. This removes the need to bring in cpu caches whole struct mlx4_uar in fast path. Note that mlx4_uar is not guaranteed to be on a local node, because mlx4_bf_alloc() uses a single free list (priv->bf_list) regardless of its node parameter. This kind of change does matter in presence of light/moderate traffic. In high stress, this read-only line would be kept hot in caches. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.