netdev - Re: [PATCH]: drivers/net: Kill now superfluous ->last

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Date:	Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:39:25 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: drivers/net: Kill now superfluous ->last_rx stores.

David Miller a écrit :
> Checking this in made me feel as if the weight of the
> world had been lifted off of my shoulders :-)

Oh great !

One thing we wont discuss anymore once in a while :)

> 
> Commited to net-next-2.6
> 
> drivers/net: Kill now superfluous ->last_rx stores.
> 
> The generic packet receive code takes care of setting
> netdev->last_rx when necessary, for the sake of the
> bonding ARP monitor.
> 
> Drivers need not do it any more.
> 
> Some cases had to be skipped over because the drivers
> were making use of the ->last_rx value themselves.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

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