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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 17:01:44 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: dsa: hide dsa_uses_tagged_protocol code

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:21:25AM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Hide the implementation of dsa_uses_tagged_protocol in dsa.c since this
> helper will be extended to access the opaque dsa_device_ops structure.
> 
> At the same time, fix the checkpatch comparison check:
> 
>     CHECK: Comparison to NULL could be written "dst->rcv"
>     #41: FILE: net/dsa/dsa.c:32:
>     +	return dst->rcv != NULL;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
> ---
>  include/net/dsa.h | 5 +----
>  net/dsa/dsa.c     | 5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
> index c0e567c0c824..cb5d668b265d 100644
> --- a/include/net/dsa.h
> +++ b/include/net/dsa.h
> @@ -464,10 +464,7 @@ struct mii_bus *dsa_host_dev_to_mii_bus(struct device *dev);
>  
>  struct net_device *dsa_dev_to_net_device(struct device *dev);
>  
> -static inline bool dsa_uses_tagged_protocol(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst)
> -{
> -	return dst->rcv != NULL;
> -}
> +bool dsa_uses_tagged_protocol(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst);
>  
>  static inline bool netdev_uses_dsa(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
> diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
> index 3288a80d4d6c..7a8a0358299b 100644
> --- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
> +++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
>  
>  #include "dsa_priv.h"
>  
> +bool dsa_uses_tagged_protocol(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst)
> +{
> +	return !!dst->rcv;
> +}
> +

Hi Vivien

You need to be careful here. This is in the hot path. Every frame
received uses this code. And think about a distro kernel, which might
have DSA enabled by default, yet is unlikely to have any switches. You
are adding a function call which can be called millions of times per
second....

     Andrew