[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 0/3 net-next] Bring sizeof(net_device) down to < 2K bytes

Alexei Starovoitov alexei.starovoitov at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 00:01:52 UTC 2015


On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 01:43:25AM +0200, Thomas Graf wrote:
> 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.

Great stuff!
Can you share what was the sizeof(struct net_device) with typical
x86 config before and after?



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