* Thomas Graf [ref] 2005-07-05 13:51

* Eric Dumazet [ref] 2005-07-05 09:38

quoted

[NET] : unroll a small loop in pfifo_fast_dequeue(). Compiler generates 
better code.
	(Using skb_queue_empty() to test the queue is faster than trying to 
	__skb_dequeue())
	oprofile says this function uses now 0.29% instead of 1.22 %, on a 
	x86_64 target.

I think this patch is pretty much pointless. __skb_dequeue() and
!skb_queue_empty() should produce almost the same code and as soon
as you disable profiling and debugging you'll see that the compiler
unrolls the loop itself if possible.

... given one enables it of course.