netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 4/6] igb: misc cleanup to combine one if statement and set last

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Message-Id: <1234531403.3110.3.camel@achroite>
Date:	Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:23:23 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 4/6] igb: misc cleanup to combine one if
	statement and set last_rx

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 20:18 -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> 
> This patch combines a pair of if statements into one and adds a line to
> update netdev->last_rx.
[...]

You shouldn't need to update last_rx any more:

commit 6cf3f41e6c08bca6641a695449791c38a25f35ff
Author: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Date:   Mon Nov 3 18:16:50 2008 -0800

    bonding, net: Move last_rx update into bonding recv logic
    
        The only user of the net_device->last_rx field is bonding.
    This patch adds a conditional update of last_rx to the bonding special
    logic in skb_bond_should_drop, causing last_rx to only be updated when
    the ARP monitor is running.
    
        This frees network device drivers from the necessity of
    updating last_rx, which can have cache line thrash issues.
    
    Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Ben.

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