linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipvlan: minor optimization for ipvlan outbound process

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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 20:23:38 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipvlan: minor optimization for ipvlan outbound process

On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 7:15 PM Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> Avoid some local variable initialization and remove some
> redundant assignment in ipvlan outbound process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>

Really I do not see the point of such a patch, making future backports
more difficult.

Changing old code like that should only be done if this is really necessary,
for instance before adding a new functionality.