Re: [PATCH] Merge __load_pointer() and load_pointer() in net/core/filter.c; kernel 2.6.14

Kris Katterjohn [off-list ref] 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.

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