netdev - Re: [PATCH] act_mirred: cleanup and optimization

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Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:25:49 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
CC:	Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] act_mirred: cleanup and optimization

Changli Gao wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote:
>> Changli Gao wrote:
>>> act_mirred: cleanup and optimization.
>>>
>>> cleanup and optimization.
>>> 1. don't let go back using goto.
>>> 2. move checking if eaction is valid in tcf_mirred_init().
>>> 3. don't call skb_act_clone() until it is necessary.
>>> 4. one exit of the critical context.
>>> 5. allow eaction is TCA_INGRESS_MIRROR & TCA_INGRESS_REDIR.
>>>
>>>       if (parm->ifindex) {
>>> -             dev = __dev_get_by_index(&init_net, parm->ifindex);
>>> +             dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, parm->ifindex);
>>>               if (dev == NULL)
>>>                       return -ENODEV;
>> This change is not mentioned in the changelog and introduces a
>> leak. Please split your patches into reasonable portions doing
>> one change at a time.
>>
> 
> Leak? Do I forget to put it some where? I'll keep it as a whole until
> Jamal thinks it is in the right form and direction.

Ah sorry, I misread the patch.
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