netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net-next: ag71xx: Rearrange ag711xx struct to remove holes

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Date:   Sat, 13 Jul 2019 19:24:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     rosenp@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net-next: ag71xx: Rearrange ag711xx struct to
 remove holes

From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 19:09:21 -0700

> Removed ____cacheline_aligned attribute to ring structs. This actually
> causes holes in the ag71xx struc as well as lower performance.
> 
> Rearranged struct members to fall within respective cachelines. The RX
> ring struct now does not share a cacheline with the TX ring. The NAPI
> atruct now takes up its own cachelines and does not share.
> 
> According to pahole -C ag71xx -c 32
 ...

net-next is closed, therefore it is not appropriate to submit this change
at the current time.