netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Declare netdev_rss_key as __read

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Date:	Sat, 06 Feb 2016 03:14:37 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kim-marie.jones@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, alan.carey@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Declare netdev_rss_key as
 __read_mostly.

From: Kim Jones <kim-marie.jones@...el.com>
Date: Tue,  2 Feb 2016 03:51:16 +0000

> netdev_rss_key is written to once and thereafter is read by
> drivers when they are initialising. The fact that it is mostly
> read and not written to makes it a candidate for a __read_mostly
> declaration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kim Jones <kim-marie.jones@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Carey <alan.carey@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Rami Rosen <rami.rosen@...el.com>

Applied, thank you.