Re: [PATCH] deinline a few large functions in vlan code

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From: Denis Vlasenko <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:28:20 +0300

> IOW: shouldn't calls to these functions sit in
> #if defined(CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q) || defined (CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q_MODULE)
> block? For example, typhoon.c:
> 
>                 spin_lock(&tp->state_lock);
> +#if defined(CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q) || defined (CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q_MODULE)
>                 if(tp->vlgrp != NULL && rx->rxStatus & TYPHOON_RX_VLAN)
>                         vlan_hwaccel_receive_skb(new_skb, tp->vlgrp,
>                                                  ntohl(rx->vlanTag) & 0xffff);
>                 else
> +#endif
>                         netif_receive_skb(new_skb);
>                 spin_unlock(&tp->state_lock);
> 
> Same for s2io.c, chelsio/sge.c, etc...

Very likely yes.  tp->vlgrp will never be non-NULL in such situations
so it's not a correctness issue, but rather an optimization :-)
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