netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: do not check x->km.state

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Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:19:22 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Cc:	roy.qing.li@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: do not check x->km.state

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:19:48 +0100

> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 05:06:00PM +0800, roy.qing.li@...il.com wrote:
>> From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
>> 
>> do not check x->km.state, it will be checked by succedent
>> xfrm_state_check_expire()
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
 ...
> This would remove the only place where the LINUX_MIB_XFRMINSTATEINVALID
> statistics counter is incremented. I think it would be better to ensure
> a valid state before we call xfrm_state_check_expire(). This would make
> the statistics more accurate and we can remove the x->km.state check
> from xfrm_state_check_expire().

Agreed.
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