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

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:21:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     rosenp@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-next: ag71xx: Rearrange ag711xx struct to remove
 holes

From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:43:09 -0700

> Removed ____cacheline_aligned attribute to ring structs. This actually
> causes holes in the ag71xx struc as well as lower performance.

If you are legitimizing a change because of performance you must provide
detailed performance results that support this reason.

I'm not applying this patch until you respin it with the required
information.

Thank you.