netdev - Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: remove pointless conditional before kfree

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Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:19:57 +0800
From:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
To:	David.Laight@...LAB.COM
Cc:	divy@...lsio.com, yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: remove pointless conditional before kfree_skb()

On 08/28/2012 09:24 PM, David Laight wrote:
>> -	if (t->nofail_skb)
>> -		kfree_skb(t->nofail_skb);
>> +	kfree_skb(t->nofail_skb);
> Some of these conditionals might be there for performance
> reasons - eg if common path and normally NULL.

I have a quick look at those code, cxgb3_offload_deactivate()
is only used when remove device or device error and then disable
the device, so maybe it is not a common path.




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