netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] drivers: Kill now superfluous ->last

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Message-ID: <20090831173710.GC2105@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:10 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] drivers: Kill now superfluous ->last_rx
	stores

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 06:34:50PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> > Neil Horman a écrit :
> >> I still see a large number of drivers that update dev->last_rx, although its
> >> not all as I look through the list, so something definately seems amiss.
> > 
> > Some drivers still update dev->last_rx for their own needs, not a core
> > network concern.
> > 
> > But a cleanup is certainly possible on few other drivers, about a dozen
> > if I count correctly.
> 
> Well, a litle bit more if we look outside of drivers/net
> 
> [PATCH net-next-2.6] drivers: 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

Thanks!
Neil

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