From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:13:14 -0700
> David Miller wrote: > > From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:20:56 -0700 > > > > > >> Minor loopback enhancements for 2.6.19 > >> > >> The loopback device status structure is a singleton and doesn't > >> need to be allocated. Add ethtool_ops hooks to show checksum always on, > >> and make ethtool_ops const. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > > The ethtool bits are OK, but putting the loopback stats into > > the image adds nearly 200 bytes of .data section space on > > 64-bit. > > > > I don't really think it's that big of a deal to avoid the > > kmalloc() call. > > > Yeah but doing the kmalloc is going to get a bigger chunk (rounded up), > anyway. The statistics should show up in BSS so it won't add to kernel size. Good point, I'll apply your patch. - 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
