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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Merge __load_pointer() and load_pointer() in net/core/filter.c; kernel 2.6.14
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Kris Katterjohn <kjak@ispwest.com> wrote:
> 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.

You've just changed an out-of-line function (__load_pointer) into an
inlined function. There may be a cost to that.
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