netdev - Re: [PATCH for-next 0/8] Add Mellanox mlx5 driver for Connect-IB devices

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Message-ID: <CAJZOPZLQWZ69sA6YjdVXGVYoRuORnGxG7FBwwh+pQPn87KZCqQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jul 2013 00:02:30 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Eli Cohen <eli@....mellanox.co.il>
Cc:	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next 0/8] Add Mellanox mlx5 driver for Connect-IB devices

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 10:49 -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:

[...]
>> +struct mlx5_cmd {
>> ...
>> +    struct mlx5_cmd_stats    stats[0x80a];
>> the 0x80a magic number really needs to have a name.

> And that's a pretty big struct too. 2058 array entries. ~100kb
> Does it really need to be that big?

Indeed a bit of biggish, but note there's just one instance of this
arrary per HCA port. For now we will leave this size but make it less
obscure, will be MLX5_CMD_OP_LAST
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