Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:17:03 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bonding, net: Move last_rx update into bonding recv logic | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:13:09 -0800
> > The only user of the net_device->last_rx field is bonding. This > patch adds a conditional update of last_rx to the bonding special logic > in skb_bond_should_drop, causing last_rx to only be updated when the ARP > monitor is running. > > This frees network device drivers from the necessity of updating > last_rx, which can have cache line thrash issues. > > Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Applied, thanks a lot Jay.
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