netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: md5: remove one indirection level in tcp_md5sig

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Date:	Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:15:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: md5: remove one indirection level in
 tcp_md5sig_pool

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:28:37 +0200

> tcp_md5sig_pool is currently an 'array' (a percpu object) of pointers to
> struct tcp_md5sig_pool. Only the pointers are NUMA aware, but objects
> themselves are all allocated on a single node.
> 
> Remove this extra indirection to get proper percpu memory (NUMA aware)
> and make code simpler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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