netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/5 net-next-2.6] [TIPC]: Consolidate subscriber & subscriber port references

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2008 13:30:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	allan.stephens@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5 net-next-2.6] [TIPC]: Consolidate subscriber &
 subscriber port references

From: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:44 -0400

> This patch modifies TIPC's network topology service so that it
> only requires a single reference table entry per subscriber
> connection, rather than two.  This is achieved by letting the
> reference to the server port communicating with the subscriber
> act as the reference to the subscriber object itself.  (Since
> the subscriber cannot exist without its port, and vice versa,
> this dual role for the reference is perfectly natural.)  This
> consolidation reduces the size of the reference table by 50%
> in the default configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>

Applied.
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