netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: make net_device members garp_port and mrp

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Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:03:32 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tklauser@...tanz.ch
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: make net_device members garp_port and
 mrp_port conditional

From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:43:50 +0100

> garp_port is only used in net/802/garp.c which is only compiled with
> CONFIG_GARP enabled. Same goes for mrp_port which is only used in
> net/802/mrp.c with CONFIG_MRP enabled.
> 
> Only include the two members in struct net_device if their respective
> CONFIG_* is enabled. This saves a few bytes in struct net_device in case
> CONFIG_GARP or CONFIG_MRP are not enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>

Applied, thanks.