netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2] net: dsa: qca8k: pack driver struct and improve cache use

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Date:   Thu, 3 Mar 2022 03:25:09 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2] net: dsa: qca8k: pack driver struct and
 improve cache use

On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 03:53:27AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 12:04:08PM +0100, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> > Pack qca8k priv and other struct using pahole and set the first priv
> > struct entry to mgmt_master and mgmt_eth_data to speedup access.
> > While at it also rework pcs struct and move it qca8k_ports_config
> > following other configuration set for the cpu ports.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> > ---
> 
> How did you "pack" struct qca8k_priv exactly?

As far as i can see, nothing in qca8k_priv is on the hot path. So i
doubt anything changed here will make a difference. The MDIO bus is
the bottleneck, not the memory interface.

    Andrew