netdev - Re: [PATCH][VLAN] Merge tree equal tails in vlan_skb

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Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:25:35 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][VLAN] Merge tree equal tails in vlan_skb_recv

Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> There are tree paths in it, that set the skb->proto and then
> perform common receive manipulations (basically call netif_rx()).
> 
> I think, that we can make this code flow easier to understand
> by introducing the vlan_set_encap_proto() function (I hope the 
> name is good) to setup the skb proto and merge the paths calling 
> netif_rx() together.
> 
> Surprisingly, but gcc detects this thing and merges these paths
> by itself, so this patch doesn't make the vlan module smaller.


I already have something similar queued, but your patch is a nice
cleanup on top. I'll merge it into my tree and send it out after
some testing, hopefully today.
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