bonding, net: Move last_rx update into bonding recv logic
authorJay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Tue, 4 Nov 2008 02:16:50 +0000 (18:16 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 4 Nov 2008 02:16:50 +0000 (18:16 -0800)
commit6cf3f41e6c08bca6641a695449791c38a25f35ff
treea4e173960afe6712c112b3ddea1f229a695b7089
parent24f8b2385e03a4f4c8dac513d03b5eaa475822b9
bonding, net: Move last_rx update into bonding recv logic

The only user of the net_device->last_rx field is bonding.
This patch adds a conditional update of last_rx to the bonding special
logic in skb_bond_should_drop, causing last_rx to only be updated when
the ARP monitor is running.

This frees network device drivers from the necessity of
updating last_rx, which can have cache line thrash issues.

Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
include/linux/if.h
include/linux/netdevice.h