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net: Remove likely from l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index
authorBreno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:32:04 +0000 (09:32 -0700)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:57:34 +0000 (11:57 +0200)
commit9e542ff8b79ae1871074d3a7dca7de9e7374eeda
tree956f9480806e1e6558470152cf6fc9f7d27f1865
parent09cf85ef183a5603db49d542264ddbece3258e55
net: Remove likely from l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index

The likely() annotation in l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index() has been
found to be incorrect 100% of the time in real-world workloads (e.g.,
web servers).

Annotated branches shows the following in these servers:

correct incorrect  %        Function                  File              Line
      0 169053813 100 l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index l3mdev.h             81

This is happening because l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index() is called
from __inet_check_established(), which calls
l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index() passing the socked bounded interface.

l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index(net, sk->sk_bound_dev_if);

Since most sockets are not going to be bound to a network device,
the likely() is giving the wrong assumption.

Remove the likely() annotation to ensure more accurate branch
prediction.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241008163205.3939629-1-leitao@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
include/net/l3mdev.h