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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h index 95693c4cebdd..1c97a2204379 100644 --- a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h +++ b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h @@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ static inline unsigned long ifname_compare_aligned(const char *_a, * so nothing needs to be done there. * * xt_percpu_counter_alloc returns the address of the percpu - * counter, or 0 on !SMP. + * counter, or 0 on !SMP. We force an alignment of 16 bytes + * so that bytes/packets share a common cache line. * * Hence caller must use IS_ERR_VALUE to check for error, this * allows us to return 0 for single core systems without forcing @@ -365,7 +366,8 @@ static inline unsigned long ifname_compare_aligned(const char *_a, static inline u64 xt_percpu_counter_alloc(void) { if (nr_cpu_ids > 1) { - void __percpu *res = alloc_percpu(struct xt_counters); + void __percpu *res = __alloc_percpu(sizeof(struct xt_counters), + sizeof(struct xt_counters)); if (res == NULL) return (u64) -ENOMEM; |