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From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
To: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org
Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 0/3 net-next] Bring sizeof(net_device) down to < 2K bytes
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 17:01:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150410000151.GA1728@Alexeis-MBP.westell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1428622095.git.tgraf@suug.ch>

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 01:43:25AM +0200, Thomas Graf wrote:
> The size of struct net_device crossed the 2K boundary a while ago which
> is a waste in combination with many net namespaces. This series brings
> the size of struct net_device down to well below 2K in total size with
> a typical configuration. Some reserves a several holes leave room for
> further expansion.

Great stuff!
Can you share what was the sizeof(struct net_device) with typical
x86 config before and after?


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From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
To: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com,
	intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 net-next] Bring sizeof(net_device) down to < 2K bytes
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 17:01:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150410000151.GA1728@Alexeis-MBP.westell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1428622095.git.tgraf@suug.ch>

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 01:43:25AM +0200, Thomas Graf wrote:
> The size of struct net_device crossed the 2K boundary a while ago which
> is a waste in combination with many net namespaces. This series brings
> the size of struct net_device down to well below 2K in total size with
> a typical configuration. Some reserves a several holes leave room for
> further expansion.

Great stuff!
Can you share what was the sizeof(struct net_device) with typical
x86 config before and after?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-10  0:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-09 23:43 [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 0/3 net-next] Bring sizeof(net_device) down to < 2K bytes Thomas Graf
2015-04-09 23:43 ` Thomas Graf
2015-04-09 23:43 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/3 net-next] e1000: Allocate pm_qos_req as needed Thomas Graf
2015-04-09 23:43   ` Thomas Graf
2015-04-10  0:08   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jeff Kirsher
2015-04-10  0:08     ` Jeff Kirsher
2015-04-10  4:35     ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jeff Kirsher
2015-04-10  4:35       ` Jeff Kirsher
2015-04-10  8:01       ` Daniel Borkmann
2015-04-10  8:01         ` Daniel Borkmann
2015-04-10  8:48         ` Thomas Graf
2015-04-10  8:48           ` Thomas Graf
2015-04-10  8:58           ` Jeff Kirsher
2015-04-10  8:58             ` Jeff Kirsher
2015-04-09 23:43 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/3 net-next] net_device: Reorder members to fill holes Thomas Graf
2015-04-09 23:43   ` Thomas Graf
2015-04-09 23:43 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 3/3 net-next] net_device: Add minimal padding to allow for net_device pointer alignment Thomas Graf
2015-04-09 23:43   ` Thomas Graf
2015-04-10  0:34   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Eric Dumazet
2015-04-10  0:34     ` Eric Dumazet
2015-04-10  8:48     ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Thomas Graf
2015-04-10  8:48       ` Thomas Graf
2015-04-10  9:03       ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Eric Dumazet
2015-04-10  9:03         ` Eric Dumazet
2015-04-10  0:01 ` Alexei Starovoitov [this message]
2015-04-10  0:01   ` [PATCH 0/3 net-next] Bring sizeof(net_device) down to < 2K bytes Alexei Starovoitov
2015-04-10  8:41   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Thomas Graf
2015-04-10  8:41     ` Thomas Graf

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