From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <penguin@muskoka.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.9 Use skb_padto() in drivers/net/8390.c
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:06:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1108821972.15518.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4216CCAC.1050807@pobox.com>
On Sad, 2005-02-19 at 05:20, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > It means that padto has improved a lot (or the underlying allocators).
> > It also still means the patch makes the code slower and introduces
> > changes that have no benefit into the kernel, so while its good to see
> > its not relevant its still a pointless change.
>
> So the verdict is to revert?
Not sure. The old code is known to work and a fraction faster, the new
code makes the driver use the same logic as the others. Having seen the
numbers from Paul I personally don't care either way.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-19 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <41DED9FA.7080106@pobox.com>
2005-01-08 8:33 ` [PATCH] 2.6.9 Use skb_padto() in drivers/net/8390.c] Paul Gortmaker
2005-01-08 15:45 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-10 2:41 ` [PATCH] 2.6.9 Use skb_padto() in drivers/net/8390.c Paul Gortmaker
2005-01-10 18:28 ` Alan Cox
2005-02-19 5:20 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-02-19 14:06 ` Alan Cox [this message]
[not found] <200501070309.j0739IG6007753@hera.kernel.org>
2005-01-07 15:46 ` Alan Cox
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