netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] udp: cleanup __udp4_lib_mcast

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Date:	Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:42:15 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lgrijincu@...acom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, opurdila@...acom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] udp: cleanup __udp4_lib_mcast_deliver

From: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@...acom.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:33:21 +0200

> 
> __udp4_lib_mcast_deliver always returned 0.
> It's caller can return 0 explicitly to make things clearer.
> 
> Also, we don't need the spin_lock() on the hslot to free the skb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@...acom.com>

I think the current code is much easier to understand than
your version.

Getting rid of the useless return value is fine, but the
new do{}while() loop et al. is less readable to me.

I'm not applying these two patches, sorry.
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