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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:10 -0400 From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] drivers: Kill now superfluous ->last_rx stores On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 06:34:50PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Eric Dumazet a écrit : > > Neil Horman a écrit : > >> I still see a large number of drivers that update dev->last_rx, although its > >> not all as I look through the list, so something definately seems amiss. > > > > Some drivers still update dev->last_rx for their own needs, not a core > > network concern. > > > > But a cleanup is certainly possible on few other drivers, about a dozen > > if I count correctly. > > Well, a litle bit more if we look outside of drivers/net > > [PATCH net-next-2.6] drivers: Kill now superfluous ->last_rx stores > > The generic packet receive code takes care of setting > netdev->last_rx when necessary, for the sake of the > bonding ARP monitor. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> Thanks! Neil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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