netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor reshuffle of napi

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Message-ID: <CANn89iJ34wFoqL1ihQOhv3enAz_Gwop908y3=VmsLxGn50um-A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:37:12 +0200
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: minor reshuffle of napi_struct

On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 6:47 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> napi_id is read by GRO and drivers to mark skbs, and it currently
> sits at the end of the structure, in a mostly unused cache line.
> Move it up into a hole, and separate the clearly control path
> fields from the important ones.
>
>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>