netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bnx2x: Remove two prefetch()

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Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:44:14 +0300
From:	Eliezer Tamir <eliezer@...ir.org.il>
To:	eilong@...adcom.com
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, vladz@...adcom.com,
	"eric.dumazet@...il.com" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"xiaosuo@...il.com" <xiaosuo@...il.com>,
	"hadi@...erus.ca" <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	"therbert@...gle.com" <therbert@...gle.com>,
	"shemminger@...tta.com" <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bnx2x: Remove two prefetch()

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 15:19 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:18:13 +0200
> >
> > > [PATCH net-next-2.6] bnx2x: Remove two prefetch()
> > >
> > > 1) Even on 64bit arches, sizeof(struct sk_buff) < 256
> > > 2) No need to prefetch same pointer twice.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> > > CC: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
> >
> > Eilon please review and ACK/NACK
>
> Vlad ran few benchmarks, and we couldn't find any justification for
> those prefetch calls. After consulting with Eliezer Tamir (the original
> author) we are glad to Ack this patch.
>
> Thanks Eric!
> Acked-by: <eilong@...adcom.com>
>
>
Normally, I would not have said anything but since Eilon asked.
Acked-by: <eliezer@...ir.org.il>
(this time in plain text)
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