net: make softnet_data.dropped an atomic_t

If under extreme cpu backlog pressure enqueue_to_backlog() has
to drop a packet, it could do this without dirtying a cache line
and potentially slowing down the target cpu.

Move sd->dropped into a separate cache line, and make it atomic.

In non pressure mode, this field is not touched, no need to consume
valuable space in a hot cache line.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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