linux-kernel - Re: s390/net: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function calls

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Date:	Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:40:48 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@...ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Frank Blaschka <blaschka@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux390@...ibm.com, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	trivial@...nel.org, Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Subject: Re: s390/net: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function
 calls

> If you can benchmark the code and the new code is faster then, yes, this
> patch is good and we will apply it.

I guess that I do not have enough resources myself to measure different run time
effects in a S390 environment.


> If you have no benchmarks then do not send the patch.

Are other software developers and testers eventually interested to try a few
pointer check adjustments out a bit more?

Regards,
Markus
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