vxge: prefetch RxD descriptors
This patch prefetches RxD descriptors which helps to lower the latency of a cache miss in vxge_hw_ring_rxd_next_completed. This lowers the % of CPU time used by vxge_hw_ring_rxd_next_completed() where the descriptor is accessed in profiling netperf on a P4 Xeon from 1.5% to 1.0%. Signed-off-by:Benjamin LaHaise <ben.lahaise@neterion.com> Signed-off-by:
Sreenivasa Honnur <sreenivasa.honnur@neterion.com> Signed-off-by:
Ramkrishna Vepa <ram.vepa@neterion.com> Signed-off-by:
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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