[RFC PATCH 2/3] net: Replace for_each_possible_cpu with for_each_online_cpu

From: Jia He
Date: Mon Aug 08 2016 - 06:23:10 EST


In PowerPC server with large number cpus, the loop index in smt=1 could be
reduced to 1/8 compared with smt=8.
Thus cache misses can be reduced.

Signed-off-by: Jia He <hejianet@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 43fa8d0..1fce613 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4969,7 +4969,7 @@ static inline void __snmp6_fill_stats64(u64 *stats, void __percpu *mib,

buff[0] = IPSTATS_MIB_MAX;

- for_each_possible_cpu(c) {
+ for_each_online_cpu(c) {
for (i = 1; i < IPSTATS_MIB_MAX; i++)
buff[i] += snmp_get_cpu_field64(mib, c, i, syncpoff);
}
--
2.5.0