netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/mlx4

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Date:	Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:13:55 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amirv@...lanox.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ogerlitz@...lanox.com, yuvala@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/mlx4_en: Use affinity hint

From: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
Date: Wed,  1 Jan 2014 15:05:36 +0200

> +						   &priv->rx_ring[cq_idx]
> +							->affinity_mask)){

Splitting up a pointer dereference like this looks aweful.

This code block is very deeply indented, which is what causes this
problem in the first place.  Abstract it out completely into a helper
function.
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