RE: [PATCH 3/3 v3] net/macb: Try to optimize struct macb layout

[David Laight]

> From: Havard Skinnemoen <havard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Move the NAPI struct below that since it is used
> from the interrupt handler. This field is also marked as
> ___cacheline_aligned_in_smp.

Is that a good idea if the cache line size is 256 bytes?
Indeed is that ever sane - except for a few special structures
that really need it, and are guaranteed to be allocated
with that much alignment.

	David



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