netdev - RE: [net-next 06/13] bna: UDP RX Processing Improvements

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:05:46 -0800
From:	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Adapter Linux Open SRC Team" 
	<adapter_linux_open_src_team@...cade.COM>
Subject: RE: [net-next 06/13] bna: UDP RX Processing Improvements

Hi Dave,

>From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
>Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 4:18 PM
>
>From: Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>
>Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 21:48:37 -0800
>
>> @@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ struct bnad_tx_unmap {  struct bnad_rx_vector {
>>  	DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_ADDR(dma_addr);
>>  	u32			len;
>> -};
>> +} __packed;
>
>This is absolutely unacceptable, and at best not even mentioned in your
>commit message.
>
>There is no reason whatsoever to mark this structure as __packed.

By having the bnad_rx_unmap structure marked as __packed we were trying to
reduce the unmap_q size by 16K, __packed would ensure the RX unmap
structure of 40 bytes is packed to 32 bytes. This change was also captured
as a part of the commit message of patch #6 under change details.

We'll address your concern and resubmit the patches.

Thanks,
--Rasesh
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