From 065a76b5dfc8e495b6ed170df57a1ce86894ead0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:15:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add some padding to make objects fit a single cache line Add four bytes of padding to struct ipc_space, struct vm_fault_state, and struct vm_map_entry. XXX vm_map_entry one is kinda expensive * ipc/ipc_space.h (struct ipc_space): Add four bytes of padding. * vm/vm_fault.c (struct vm_fault_state): Likewise. * vm/vm_map.h (struct vm_map_entry): Likewise. --- ipc/ipc_space.h | 1 + vm/vm_fault.c | 1 + vm/vm_map.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/ipc/ipc_space.h b/ipc/ipc_space.h index c4683d2..278b4c9 100644 --- a/ipc/ipc_space.h +++ b/ipc/ipc_space.h @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct ipc_space { ipc_entry_num_t is_tree_total; /* number of entries in the tree */ ipc_entry_num_t is_tree_small; /* # of small entries in the tree */ ipc_entry_num_t is_tree_hash; /* # of hashed entries in the tree */ + char padding[4]; /* pad to cacheline size */ }; #define IS_NULL ((ipc_space_t) 0) diff --git a/vm/vm_fault.c b/vm/vm_fault.c index 686156c..431480e 100644 --- a/vm/vm_fault.c +++ b/vm/vm_fault.c @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ typedef struct vm_fault_state { vm_offset_t vmfp_offset; struct vm_page *vmfp_first_m; vm_prot_t vmfp_access; + char padding[4]; /* pad to cacheline size */ } vm_fault_state_t; struct kmem_cache vm_fault_state_cache; diff --git a/vm/vm_map.h b/vm/vm_map.h index b8103eb..ac5f109 100644 --- a/vm/vm_map.h +++ b/vm/vm_map.h @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct vm_map_entry { -1 for non-persistent kernel map projected buffer entry; pointer to corresponding kernel map entry for user map projected buffer entry */ + char padding[4]; /* pad to cacheline size */ }; typedef struct vm_map_entry *vm_map_entry_t; -- 1.9.2