This allows the compiler to perform the necessary bitfield calculations
during compile time instead of run time and thus reduces the number of
instructions to run during each tasklet invocation. This should improve
performance in the RX hotpath.
This comes at the cost of a slight increase in the module size (for
example rt2800pci):
Before:
text data bss dec hex filename
14133 832 4 14969 3a79 drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko
After:
text data bss dec hex filename
14149 832 4 14985 3a89 drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko
Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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