netdev - Re: [PATCH] sched: Optimize return value of qdisc

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 00:31:04 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
Cc:	hadi@...erus.ca, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Roberto Nibali <ratz@...gphish.ch>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Optimize return value of qdisc_restart

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 07:56:02PM +0530, Krishna Kumar2 wrote:
> 
> Herbert,
> 
> -            while (qdisc_restart(dev) < 0 && !netif_queue_stopped(dev))
> -                        /* NOTHING */;
> +            do {
> +                        if (!qdisc_restart(dev))
> +                                    break;
> +            } while (!netif_queue_stopped(dev));
> 
> This could be changed to old format, if required :
> 
> +            while (qdisc_restart(dev)) && !netif_queue_stopped(dev))
> +                 /* NOTHING */;

Actually I deliberately changed it so that it's slightly clearer.

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