netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: trans

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Message-Id: <20100510.050232.141234126.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 10 May 2010 05:02:32 -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: trans_start cleanups

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 22:02:03 +0200

> 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>

Looks good, applied, thanks Eric.
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