On Thu, 17 May 2007 22:05:29 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 00:54:13 -0400 > > > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > I want to take all the function pointers of 'struct net_device' and > > > move them to 'struct net_device_ops'. This will save memory for the > > > case of lots of devices, as well as reduce initialization code. > > > > It will also add an additional deref to every operation, right? > > Yes, it's certainly going to. How much do we think that actually > matters? I would think a non-conditional deref would be easily pipelined. If the net_device struct was more cache dense, it probably would even out. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
