netdev - Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: rearrange netfront_info structure to separate tx and rx

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Date:	Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:03:30 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@...cam.ac.uk>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: rearrange netfront_info structure to separate
 tx and rx

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> Keep tx and rx elements separate on different cachelines to prevent
>> bouncing.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>
>> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
>>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |   37 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> ACK but does not apply to jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git#upstream nor
> davem/net-2.6.24.git 

Oh, OK, I'll have a look.  I wasn't aware of any other changes in
xen-netfront.  Or rather, there are a couple of other changes which I
think you already have: one to use the common netdev stats structure,
and another to remove a chunk of dead code.

    J
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