netdev - Re: [PATCH] Remove duplicated unlikely() in IS

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Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:57:38 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>
To:	Hirofumi Nakagawa <hnakagawa@...aclelinux.com>
Cc:	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, christof.schmitt@...ibm.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove duplicated unlikely() in IS_ERR()

On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 08:55 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 16:16 +0900, Hirofumi Nakagawa wrote:
> > Hi
> > Some drivers have duplicated unlikely() macros.
> > IS_ERR() already has unlikely() in itself.
> > This patch cleans up such pointless codes although there is no real
> > effect on the kernel's behaviour.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Hirofumi Nakagawa
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hirofumi Nakagawa <hnakagawa@...aclelinux.com>
> > ---
> 
> Hmm, after thinking a bit I am not sure this is the right way to go.
> Indeed, we try to avoid likly()/unlikely(), unless this is really
> hot-path. Some kernel developers even think these hints should never
> be used. So I'd say, the right thing would bo to remove unlikely()
> from IS_ERR() macro instead.

OK, after some googling I tend to thing having unlikely() in IS_ERR() is
OK, so I take your patch. Thanks. 

-- 
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

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