netdev - Re: [patch net-next] net: squash ->rx_handler and ->rx_handler

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Message-ID: <1364671688.5113.119.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:28:08 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	fubar@...ibm.com, andy@...yhouse.net, kaber@...sh.net,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, jesse@...ira.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
	dev@...nvswitch.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	streeter@...hat.com, paulmck@...ibm.com, ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] net: squash ->rx_handler and ->rx_handler_data
 into single rcu pointer

On Sat, 2013-03-30 at 18:13 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:

> Well, not entirely true, depends on arch.
> 

Are you really trying to obfuscate stack because of Alpha architecture ?

Really, a bit of stability in this code is welcome.

Lets fix existing bugs instead of possibly add new ones.



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