From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2 net-next v2] Bring sizeof(net_device) down to < 2K bytes Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:15:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20150413.131531.1483293611941865421.davem@davemloft.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, daniel@iogearbox.net To: tgraf@suug.ch Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:52921 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754083AbbDMRPd (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:15:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Thomas Graf Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:52:36 +0200 > 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. > > Before: > /* size: 2176, cachelines: 34, members: 121 */ > > After: > /* size: 1984, cachelines: 31, members: 120 */ Series applied, thanks Thomas