netdev - Re: [GIT]: Networking

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:08:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, mingo@...e.hu, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:59:34 -0700 (PDT)

> At the very least, add a helper function for "do I actually have 
> outstanding allocations" or something like that. IOW, do a 
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * Comment here about that magical "1"
> 	 */
> 	static inline int sk_has_allocations(struct sock *sk)
> 	{
> 		return atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > 1 ||
> 			atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc);
> 	}
> 
> and then make the various network protocols use that, rather than 
> open-coding some random internal implementation magic.

I agree, this should be handled with a helper function
abstraction rather than putting "1" checks all over the place.
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