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Message-Id: <20150108.191220.2026555103366558353.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2015 19:12:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kernel.org.gnu@...il.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Prevent multiple NAPI instances co-existing in
 the list

From: Dennis Chen <kernel.org.gnu@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 10:26:48 +0800

> I am very curious about the reason that you're removing the atomic ops
> in the stack, what's the benifit?

1) Do not top post.

2) The reason is, obviously, performance.
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