netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 -mm 8/9] netconsole: Support multiple logging targets

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:23:15 +0100
From:	"Duane Griffin" <duaneg@...da.com>
To:	"Satyam Sharma" <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Matt Mackall" <mpm@...enic.com>,
	"Keiichi Kii" <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Joel Becker" <joel.becker@...cle.com>,
	"Stephen Hemminger" <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 -mm 8/9] netconsole: Support multiple logging targets

On 10/07/07, Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in> wrote:
> +       /* Avoid taking lock and disabling interrupts unnecessarily */
> +       if (unlikely(list_empty(&target_list)))
> +               return;

Is the unlikely a good idea here? Not having any targets may be
unusual but it isn't ridiculous. It might even be a sensible default
for distros. My (very limited) understanding of unlikely is that it
could impose a very large penalty in that case and would make a very
marginal difference at best in the common case.

Cheers,
Duane.

-- 
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