From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Dumazet Subject: Re: [PATCH] [NET] reduce sizeof(struct flow) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:13:59 +0200 Message-ID: <45370997.8000508@cosmosbay.com> References: <200610181055.32102.dada1@cosmosbay.com> <20061018124202.GA31981@fogou.chygwyn.com> <200610181532.22979.dada1@cosmosbay.com> <20061018.205044.68042074.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: steve@chygwyn.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from sp604001mt.neufgp.fr ([84.96.92.60]:65237 "EHLO Smtp.neuf.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423092AbWJSFTU (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:19:20 -0400 Received: from [192.168.30.203] ([88.137.140.131]) by sp604001mt.gpm.neuf.ld (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-5.05 (built Feb 16 2006)) with ESMTP id <0J7D003YRAJBRYR0@sp604001mt.gpm.neuf.ld> for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:13:59 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <20061018.205044.68042074.davem@davemloft.net> To: David Miller Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org David Miller a =E9crit : > From: Eric Dumazet > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:32:22 +0200 >=20 >> OK then. Even on a distro kernel (allyesconfig), size(flow) would >> shrink by 20 bytes. >=20 > For the time being, why don't we just kill off the unused dnports > bits entirely. >=20 > Once the support code to use those bits is written, we can > investigate intelligent ways to pack them back into struct > flow, ok? >=20 >=20 OK I will prepare a patch if Steve doesnt beat me :) Eric