linux-kernel - Re: [patch 05/24] perfmon: X86 generic code (x86)

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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:40:50 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	eranian@...il.com, sfr@...b.auug.org.au, andi@...stfloor.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 05/24] perfmon: X86 generic code (x86)

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, David Miller wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> >   __attribute__ ((packed)); ???
> 
> Shouldn't be needed and this woule kill performance on RISC (every
> struct member is accessed with byte sized loads and shifts/masking).
> 
> We did this for the pfkey.h structures by accident, and I truly regret
> it.

Fair enough.

Thanks,

	tglx
 
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