>-Original Message-
>From: Jarno Rajahalme [mailto:ja...@ovn.org]
>Sent: Friday, October 7, 2016 10:11 PM
>To: Bodireddy, Bhanuprakash <bhanuprakash.bodire...@intel.com>
>Cc: dev@openvswitch.org
>Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH 08/12] dpif-netdev: Reorder ele
Would equivalent packing be achieved by moving the line down before the bool
instead? If yes, it would be preferable.
Acked-by: Jarno Rajahalme
> On Oct 7, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Bhanuprakash Bodireddy
> wrote:
>
> By reordering the data elements
By reordering the data elements in dp_netdev_port structure, pad bytes
can be reduced and there by saving a cache line.
Before: structure size:136, holes:3, sum padbytes:15, cachelines:3
After: structure size:128, holes:1, sum padbytes:7, cachelines:2
Signed-off-by: Bhanuprakash Bodireddy