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Arjun Roy 3763a24c72 net-zerocopy: use vm_insert_pages() for tcp rcv zerocopy
Use vm_insert_pages() for tcp receive zerocopy.  Spin lock cycles (as
reported by perf) drop from a couple of percentage points to a fraction of
a percent.  This results in a roughly 6% increase in efficiency, measured
roughly as zerocopy receive count divided by CPU utilization.

The intention of this patchset is to reduce atomic ops for tcp zerocopy
receives, which normally hits the same spinlock multiple times
consecutively.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: suppress gcc-7.2.0 warning]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200128025958.43490-3-arjunroy.kdev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arjun Roy <arjunroy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2020-06-08 19:08:17 -07:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-next 2020-06-07 17:25:29 -07:00
block for-5.8/drivers-2020-06-01 2020-06-02 15:37:03 -07:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto crypto: engine - do not requeue in case of fatal error 2020-05-28 17:27:52 +10:00
Documentation Just a small update: 2020-06-08 17:14:19 -07:00
drivers Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-06-07 17:27:45 -07:00
fs Tag summary 2020-06-07 16:04:49 -07:00
include Just a small update: 2020-06-08 17:14:19 -07:00
init Kbuild updates for v5.8 2020-06-06 12:00:25 -07:00
ipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
kernel Char/Misc driver patches for 5.8-rc1 2020-06-07 10:59:32 -07:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-06-07 17:27:45 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-next 2020-06-07 17:25:29 -07:00
net net-zerocopy: use vm_insert_pages() for tcp rcv zerocopy 2020-06-08 19:08:17 -07:00
samples Kbuild updates for v5.8 2020-06-06 12:00:25 -07:00
scripts Fix for arch/sh build regression with newer binutils, removal of SH5, 2020-06-06 15:22:01 -07:00
security Tag summary 2020-06-07 16:04:49 -07:00
sound powerpc updates for 5.8 2020-06-05 12:39:30 -07:00
tools net/tls(TLS_SW): Add selftest for 'chunked' sendfile test 2020-06-08 19:01:54 -07:00
usr bpfilter: match bit size of bpfilter_umh to that of the kernel 2020-05-17 18:52:01 +09:00
virt A fair amount of stuff this time around, dominated by yet another massive 2020-06-01 15:45:27 -07:00
.clang-format block: add bio_for_each_bvec_all() 2020-05-25 11:25:24 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore modpost: generate vmlinux.symvers and reuse it for the second modpost 2020-06-06 23:38:12 +09:00
.mailmap A fair amount of stuff this time around, dominated by yet another massive 2020-06-01 15:45:27 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS mailmap: change email for Ricardo Ribalda 2020-05-25 18:59:59 -06:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS This is the bulk of pin control changes for the v5.8 2020-06-07 16:13:43 -07:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v5.8 2020-06-06 12:00:25 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

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.