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* [PATCH] rearrange netdevice structure to save space
@ 2005-03-09 17:26 Stephen Hemminger
  2005-03-09 18:47 ` [PATCH] kill ->accept_fastpath hook Jeff Garzik
  2005-03-11  2:41 ` [PATCH] rearrange netdevice structure to save space David S. Miller
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2005-03-09 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller; +Cc: netdev

Trivial reordering of netdevice structure to save four bytes.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>


diff -Nru a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h	2005-03-09 09:04:56 -08:00
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h	2005-03-09 09:04:56 -08:00
@@ -328,9 +328,7 @@
 	unsigned short		flags;	/* interface flags (a la BSD)	*/
 	unsigned short		gflags;
         unsigned short          priv_flags; /* Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace. */
-        unsigned short          unused_alignment_fixer; /* Because we need priv_flags,
-                                                         * and we want to be 32-bit aligned.
-                                                         */
+	unsigned short		padded;	/* How much padding added by alloc_netdev() */
 
 	unsigned		mtu;	/* interface MTU value		*/
 	unsigned short		type;	/* interface hardware type	*/
@@ -487,8 +485,6 @@
 
 	/* class/net/name entry */
 	struct class_device	class_dev;
-	/* how much padding had been added by alloc_netdev() */
-	int padded;
 };
 
 #define	NETDEV_ALIGN		32

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* [PATCH] kill ->accept_fastpath hook
  2005-03-09 17:26 [PATCH] rearrange netdevice structure to save space Stephen Hemminger
@ 2005-03-09 18:47 ` Jeff Garzik
  2005-03-09 18:55   ` Stephen Hemminger
  2005-03-11  2:19   ` David S. Miller
  2005-03-11  2:41 ` [PATCH] rearrange netdevice structure to save space David S. Miller
  1 sibling, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Garzik @ 2005-03-09 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller, netdev; +Cc: Stephen Hemminger

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Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Trivial reordering of netdevice structure to save four bytes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>

If we are twiddling struct net_device, might as well kill this hook. 
Never called AFAICS, and only assigned -- to a no-op stub -- in one driver.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>


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===== include/linux/netdevice.h 1.99 vs edited =====
--- 1.99/include/linux/netdevice.h	2005-02-11 00:54:25 -05:00
+++ edited/include/linux/netdevice.h	2005-03-09 13:26:25 -05:00
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@
 	int			(*hard_header_parse)(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						     unsigned char *haddr);
 	int			(*neigh_setup)(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *);
-	int			(*accept_fastpath)(struct net_device *, struct dst_entry*);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
 	int			netpoll_rx;
 #endif
===== net/bridge/br_device.c 1.17 vs edited =====
--- 1.17/net/bridge/br_device.c	2004-07-29 17:40:51 -04:00
+++ edited/net/bridge/br_device.c	2005-03-09 13:26:08 -05:00
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int br_dev_accept_fastpath(struct net_device *dev, struct dst_entry *dst)
-{
-	return -1;
-}
-
 void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	memset(dev->dev_addr, 0, ETH_ALEN);
@@ -103,7 +98,6 @@
 	dev->destructor = free_netdev;
 	SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
 	dev->stop = br_dev_stop;
-	dev->accept_fastpath = br_dev_accept_fastpath;
 	dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
 	dev->set_mac_address = NULL;
 	dev->priv_flags = IFF_EBRIDGE;

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* Re: [PATCH] kill ->accept_fastpath hook
  2005-03-09 18:47 ` [PATCH] kill ->accept_fastpath hook Jeff Garzik
@ 2005-03-09 18:55   ` Stephen Hemminger
  2005-03-11  2:19   ` David S. Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2005-03-09 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: David S. Miller, netdev

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:47:52 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Trivial reordering of netdevice structure to save four bytes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
> 
> If we are twiddling struct net_device, might as well kill this hook. 
> Never called AFAICS, and only assigned -- to a no-op stub -- in one driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
> 
yes, kill it.

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* Re: [PATCH] kill ->accept_fastpath hook
  2005-03-09 18:47 ` [PATCH] kill ->accept_fastpath hook Jeff Garzik
  2005-03-09 18:55   ` Stephen Hemminger
@ 2005-03-11  2:19   ` David S. Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2005-03-11  2:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: netdev, shemminger

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:47:52 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Trivial reordering of netdevice structure to save four bytes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
> 
> If we are twiddling struct net_device, might as well kill this hook. 
> Never called AFAICS, and only assigned -- to a no-op stub -- in one driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

Applied, thanks Jeff.

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* Re: [PATCH] rearrange netdevice structure to save space
  2005-03-09 17:26 [PATCH] rearrange netdevice structure to save space Stephen Hemminger
  2005-03-09 18:47 ` [PATCH] kill ->accept_fastpath hook Jeff Garzik
@ 2005-03-11  2:41 ` David S. Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2005-03-11  2:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stephen Hemminger; +Cc: netdev

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:26:28 -0800
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> wrote:

> Trivial reordering of netdevice structure to save four bytes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>

Applied, thanks Stephen.

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