netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] rhashtable: compact struct rhashtable

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Date:   Mon, 01 May 2017 16:22:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     fw@...len.de
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] rhashtable: compact struct
 rhashtable_params

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Date: Mon,  1 May 2017 22:18:01 +0200

> By using smaller datatypes this (rather large) struct shrinks considerably
> (80 -> 48 bytes on x86_64).
> 
> As this is embedded in other structs, this also rerduces size of several
> others, e.g. cls_fl_head or nft_hash.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> ---
>  changes since v1: rebase on top of net-next master
> 
>  David, if its too late, just mark this as deferred in patchwork
>  and I'll resubmit when net-next reopens.

It's fine, I asked you to respin.

Applied, thanks Florian.