netdev - Re: [patch net-next] team: refine IFF_XMIT_DST

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:17:34 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] team: refine IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE capability

On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 19:39 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Cloned patch of Eric Dumazet for bonding.
> 
> Some workloads greatly benefit of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE capability
> on output net device, avoiding dirtying dst refcount.
> 
> team currently disables IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE unconditionally.
> 
> If all ports have the IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE bit set, then
> team dev can also have it in its priv_flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> ---
>  drivers/net/team/team.c |    5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks


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