Messages in this thread | | | From | "Kris Katterjohn" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Merge __load_pointer() and load_pointer() in net/core/filter.c;kernel 2.6.14 | Date | Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:13:04 -0800 |
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From: Patrick McHardy > Mitchell Blank Jr wrote: > > Well the original author presumably thought that the fast-path of > > load_pointer() was critical enough to keep inline (since it can be run many > > times per packet) So they made the deliberate choice of separating it > > into two functions - one inline, one non-inline. > > Exactly. __load_pointer is only called rarely, while load_pointer is > called whenever data needs to be read from the packet. It shouldn't > be changed without any justification.
That's a good enough answer for me!
Thanks
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