From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5 net-next-2.6] [TIPC]: Consolidate subscriber & subscriber port references Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:30:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20080519.133040.120076575.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1210702665-5012-1-git-send-email-allan.stephens@windriver.com> <1210702665-5012-5-git-send-email-allan.stephens@windriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: allan.stephens@windriver.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:38752 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754823AbYESUap (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2008 16:30:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1210702665-5012-5-git-send-email-allan.stephens@windriver.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Allan Stephens Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:44 -0400 > This patch modifies TIPC's network topology service so that it > only requires a single reference table entry per subscriber > connection, rather than two. This is achieved by letting the > reference to the server port communicating with the subscriber > act as the reference to the subscriber object itself. (Since > the subscriber cannot exist without its port, and vice versa, > this dual role for the reference is perfectly natural.) This > consolidation reduces the size of the reference table by 50% > in the default configuration. > > Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens Applied.