From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:13:58 +0200

quoted text
> I noticed sysctl_local_port_range[] and its associated seqlock
> sysctl_local_port_range_lock were on separate cache lines.
> Moreover, sysctl_local_port_range[] was close to unrelated
> variables, highly modified, leading to cache misses.
> 
> Moving these two variables in a structure can help data
> locality and moving this structure to read_mostly section
> helps sharing of this data among cpus.
> 
> Cleanup of extern declarations (moved in include file where
> they belong), and use of inet_get_local_port_range()
> accessor instead of direct access to ports values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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