[PATCH 3/3 v3] net/macb: Try to optimize struct macb layout
Nicolas Ferre
nicolas.ferre at atmel.com
Tue May 28 04:08:40 EDT 2013
On 15/05/2013 11:37, David Laight :
>> From: Havard Skinnemoen <havard at skinnemoen.net>
>
>> Move the NAPI struct below that since it is used
>> from the interrupt handler. This field is also marked as
>> ___cacheline_aligned_in_smp.
>
> Is that a good idea if the cache line size is 256 bytes?
> Indeed is that ever sane - except for a few special structures
> that really need it, and are guaranteed to be allocated
> with that much alignment.
I do not know if that was really needed, it was a recommendation by Ben.
(previous email here:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1887101/
)
Anyway, it seems that this patch needs more work whereas the others of
the series are not commented.
So maybe, I can resend patches 1, 2 for making this big enhancement go
forward (as it is in review process for quite a long time...).
David, do you want me to resend or can you retrieve these v3 patches in
patchwork?
Best regards,
--
Nicolas Ferre
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