netdev - [PATCH] net: use net_eq() in INET_MATCH and INET_TW

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:31:25 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: use net_eq() in INET_MATCH and INET_TW_MATCH

We can avoid some useless instructions if !CONFIG_NET_NS

Because of RCU, we use INET_MATCH or INET_TW_MATCH twice 
for the found socket, so thats six instructions less per
incoming TCP packet.

Yet another tbench speedup :)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

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