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From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
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Date:   Wed, 1 Aug 2018 09:25:55 -0700
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On 08/01/2018 09:22 AM, Christopher Lameter wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2018, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
>> The idea of having a ctor() would only be a win if all the fields that
>> can be initialized in the ctor are contiguous and fill an integral
>> number of cache lines.
> 
> Ok. Its reducing code size and makes the object status more consistent.
> Isn't that enough?
> 

Prove it ;)

I yet have to seen actual numbers.