netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: convert mvneta to build

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Date:	Fri, 5 Jul 2013 00:12:12 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com,
	gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: convert mvneta to build_skb()

On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 02:31:03PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
> Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 19:35:52 +0200
> 
> > From 0180a5e651dd771de18bf2c031ecfe7bb4c88d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
> > Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:25:15 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] net: convert mvneta to build_skb()
> > 
> > We store the frag_size in the mvneta_port struct. In practice we'd need
> > a single bit to know how to free the data, but since we need the size to
> > call build_skb() anyway, let's store the full size.
> > 
> > With this patch, I observed a reproducible 2% performance improvement on
> > HTTP-based benchmarks.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
> 
> The net-next tree is closed now that the merge window is open, therefore
> submissions such as this are not appropriate at this time.
> 
> Please resubmit this when net-next opens again, an event which I will
> clearly announce here on netdev.

OK no problem, thanks.

Willy

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