Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bonding, net: Move last_rx update into bonding recv logic

David Miller
2008-11-04T02:17:40Z

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.