netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: convert mvneta to build

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Date:	Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:31:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	w@....eu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com,
	gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: convert mvneta to build_skb()

From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 19:35:52 +0200

> From 0180a5e651dd771de18bf2c031ecfe7bb4c88d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:25:15 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] net: convert mvneta to build_skb()
> 
> We store the frag_size in the mvneta_port struct. In practice we'd need
> a single bit to know how to free the data, but since we need the size to
> call build_skb() anyway, let's store the full size.
> 
> With this patch, I observed a reproducible 2% performance improvement on
> HTTP-based benchmarks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>

The net-next tree is closed now that the merge window is open, therefore
submissions such as this are not appropriate at this time.

Please resubmit this when net-next opens again, an event which I will
clearly announce here on netdev.

Thanks.
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