I wasn't actually changing it to add performance, but to make the code look
cleaner. The new load_pointer() is virtually the same as having the seperate
functions that are currently there, but the code, I think, is "better looking".
If you look at the current net/core/filter.c and then my patched version, the
steps are done in the exact same order and same way, but all in that one
function.
That may sound silly, but I just kept looking at it and asking myself, "Why?"
Of course, one way may still out-perform the other.
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: Herbert Xu [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 11/2/2005 5:50:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Merge __load_pointer() and load_pointer() in net/core/filter.c; kernel 2.6.14
> Kris Katterjohn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Another patch for net/core/filter.c by me. I merged __load_pointer() into
> > load_pointer(). I don't see a point in having two seperate functions when
> > both functions are really small and load_pointer() calls __load_pointer().
> > Renamed the variable "k" to "offset" since that's what it is, and in
> > skb_header_pointer() it's "offset".
> >
> > This patch is a diff from kernel 2.6.14
>
> This code path is performance-critical so you should benchmark your
> changes.
>
> In this particular case, __load_pointer is the unlikely case and
> therefore it wasn't inlined.
>
> Cheers,
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