Messages in this thread | | | From | Roman Kagan <> | Date | Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:37:22 +0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] e1000: save skb counts in TX to avoid cache misses |
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On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 06:15 +0400, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 02:43:58PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > From: Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@gmail.com> > > Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:38:17 -0700 > > > > > Thanks! I have applied the patch to my queue > > > > Why? > > > > My impression is that this is a patch already in the tree, and it's > > being submitted for -stable but such minor performance hacks are > > absolutely not appropriate for -stable submission. > > The patch description says it is fixing reported oopses,
Exactly.
> but the Subject: isn't all that helpful there.
Well I just preserved the original subject from the upstream commit. Want me to resubmit with a more alarming one?
> So which is this? Should I accept it for a stable release or not?
IMO yes ;)
Thanks, Roman.
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