Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:15:42 +0900
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000: save skb counts in TX to avoid cache misses
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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, but the
Subject: isn't all that helpful there.

So which is this?  Should I accept it for a stable release or not?

thanks,

greg k-h
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