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    mvpp2: prefetch right address · d8ea89fe
    Matteo Croce authored
    In the RX buffer, the received data starts after a headroom used to
    align the IP header and to allow prepending headers efficiently.
    The prefetch() should take this into account, and prefetch from
    the very start of the received data.
    
    We can see that ether_addr_equal_64bits(), which is the first function
    to access the data, drops from the top of the perf top output.
    
    prefetch(data):
    
    Overhead  Shared Object     Symbol
      11.64%  [kernel]          [k] eth_type_trans
    
    prefetch(data + MVPP2_MH_SIZE + MVPP2_SKB_HEADROOM):
    
    Overhead  Shared Object     Symbol
      13.42%  [kernel]          [k] build_skb
      10.35%  [mvpp2]           [k] mvpp2_rx
       9.35%  [kernel]          [k] __netif_receive_skb_core
       8.24%  [kernel]          [k] kmem_cache_free
       7.97%  [kernel]          [k] dev_gro_receive
       7.68%  [kernel]          [k] page_pool_put_page
       7.32%  [kernel]          [k] kmem_cache_alloc
       7.09%  [mvpp2]           [k] mvpp2_bm_pool_put
       3.36%  [kernel]          [k] eth_type_trans
    
    Also, move the eth_type_trans() call a bit down, to give the RAM more
    time to prefetch the data.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMatteo Croce <mcroce@microsoft.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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