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Message-ID: <20070212003928.GF8262@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:39:28 +0100
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	netfilter-devel@...ts.netfilter.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.20 05/10] nfnetlink_log: micro-optimization for inst==NULL in nfulnl_recv_config()

Simple micro-optimization: don't call instance_put() on known NULL pointers.

Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>

--- linux-2.6.20/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c.3	2007-02-11 20:46:33.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.20/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c	2007-02-11 20:46:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -814,13 +814,13 @@ nfulnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, st
 					       NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
 			if (!inst) {
 				ret = -EINVAL;
-				goto out_put;
+				goto out_null;
 			}
 			break;
 		case NFULNL_CFG_CMD_UNBIND:
 			if (!inst) {
 				ret = -ENODEV;
-				goto out_put;
+				goto out_null;
 			}
 
 			if (inst->peer_pid != NETLINK_CB(skb).pid) {
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ nfulnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, st
 				"group=%u pid=%u =>ENOENT\n",
 				group_num, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
 			ret = -ENOENT;
-			goto out_put;
+			goto out_null;
 		}
 
 		if (inst->peer_pid != NETLINK_CB(skb).pid) {
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ nfulnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, st
 
 out_put:
 	instance_put(inst);
+out_null:
 	return ret;
 }
 
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