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Date:	Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:08:42 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Shan Wei <shanwei88@...il.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, timo.teras@....fi,
	steffen.klassert@...unet.com, NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel-Maillist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] net: core: use this_cpu_ptr per-cpu helper

On Fri, 9 Nov 2012, Shan Wei wrote:

> diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
> index e318c7e..b0901ee 100644
> --- a/net/core/flow.c
> +++ b/net/core/flow.c
> @@ -327,11 +327,9 @@ static void flow_cache_flush_tasklet(unsigned long data)
>  static void flow_cache_flush_per_cpu(void *data)
>  {
>  	struct flow_flush_info *info = data;
> -	int cpu;
>  	struct tasklet_struct *tasklet;
>
> -	cpu = smp_processor_id();
> -	tasklet = &per_cpu_ptr(info->cache->percpu, cpu)->flush_tasklet;
> +	tasklet = this_cpu_ptr(&info->cache->percpu->flush_tasklet);
>  	tasklet->data = (unsigned long)info;

this_cpu_write(info->cache->percpu->flush_tasklet->data, (unsigned
	long)info);

should also do the trick in less instructions and get rid of all temporary
variables as well.


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