netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/9] move size information to pr

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Message-Id: <20080112.205313.83109889.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:53:13 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	robert.olsson@....uu.se, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stephen.hemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] move size information to pr_debug()

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:45:16 -0800

> The size of structures is a debug thing, not something that needs to
> be part of a /proc api.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...tta.com>

I don't necessarily agree with this one, the size of the
structures is an important inherent attribute contributing
directly to memory usage and performance of the algorithms.
So knowing those values are necessary to diagnose problems.
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