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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 17:01:52 -0700 From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> To: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 net-next] Bring sizeof(net_device) down to < 2K bytes On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 01:43:25AM +0200, Thomas Graf wrote: > The size of struct net_device crossed the 2K boundary a while ago which > is a waste in combination with many net namespaces. This series brings > the size of struct net_device down to well below 2K in total size with > a typical configuration. Some reserves a several holes leave room for > further expansion. Great stuff! Can you share what was the sizeof(struct net_device) with typical x86 config before and after? -- 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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