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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: dont update dev->trans_start in 10GB
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Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 01:47:26 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 07:26:37 +0200

> Followup of commits 9d21493b4beb8f918ba248032fefa393074a5e2b
> and 08baf561083bc27a953aa087dd8a664bb2b88e8e
> (net: tx scalability works : trans_start)
> (net: txq_trans_update() helper)
> 
> Now that core network takes care of trans_start updates, dont do it
> in drivers themselves, if possible. Multi queue drivers can
> avoid one cache miss (on dev->trans_start) in their start_xmit()
> handler.
> 
> Exceptions are NETIF_F_LLTX drivers (vxge & tehuti)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied.