Junchang Wang a8d764b983 pktgen: adding prefetchw() call
We know for sure pktgen is going to write skb->data right after
*_alloc_skb, causing unnecessary cache misses.

Idea is to add a prefetchw() call to prefetch the first cache line
indicated by skb->data. On systems with Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch,
it's probably two cache lines are prefetched.

With this patch, pktgen on Intel SR1625 server with two E5530
quad-core processors and a single ixgbe-based NIC went from 8.63Mpps
to 9.03Mpps, with 4.6% improvement.

Signed-off-by: Junchang Wang <junchangwang@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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