[NET]: Can use __get_cpu_var() instead of per_cpu() in loopback driver. As BHs are off in loopback_xmit(), preemption cannot occurs, so we can use __get_cpu_var() instead of per_cpu() (and avoid a preempt_enable()/preempt_disable() pair) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index 93fbea1..82c10de 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ #endif dev->last_rx = jiffies; - lb_stats = &per_cpu(pcpu_lstats, get_cpu()); + /* it's OK to use __get_cpu_var() because BHs are off */ + lb_stats = &__get_cpu_var(pcpu_lstats); lb_stats->bytes += skb->len; lb_stats->packets++; - put_cpu(); netif_rx(skb); - return(0); + return 0; } static struct net_device_stats loopback_stats;