netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: dont update dev->trans

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Message-Id: <20090529.014732.107863519.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 29 May 2009 01:47:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: dont update dev->trans_start

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:00:41 +0200

> Second round of drivers for Gb cards (and NIU one I forgot in the 10GB round)
> 
> Now that core network takes care of trans_start updates, dont do it
> in drivers themselves, if possible. Drivers can avoid one cache miss
> (on dev->trans_start) in their start_xmit() handler.
> 
> Exceptions are NETIF_F_LLTX drivers
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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