linux-kernel - Re: [V2] rtlwifi: pass struct rtl_stats by reference as it is moreefficient

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Message-Id: <20160307122556.D5EFC6060D@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:	Mon,  7 Mar 2016 12:25:56 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
	Priit Laes <plaes@...es.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [V2] rtlwifi: pass struct rtl_stats by reference as it is
 moreefficient


> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> passing rtl_stats by value is inefficient; the structure is over 300
> bytes in size and generally just one field (packet_report_type)
> is being accessed, so the pass by value is a relatively large overhead.
> This change just affects just the rx_command_packet calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers-next.git.

Kalle Valo