netdev - Re: [PATCH] e1000: save skb counts in TX to avoid cache misses

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Message-Id: <20120607.144358.1732928576389957779.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:43:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, tarbal@...il.com
Cc:	rkagan@...allels.com, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com,
	carolyn.wyborny@...el.com, donald.c.skidmore@...el.com,
	gregory.v.rose@...el.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com,
	dnelson@...hat.com, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000: save skb counts in TX to avoid cache misses

From: Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:38:17 -0700

> Thanks! I have applied the patch to my queue

Why?

My impression is that this is a patch already in the tree, and it's
being submitted for -stable but such minor performance hacks are
absolutely not appropriate for -stable submission.
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