netdev - [TCP] Avoid two divides in __tcp_grow

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Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:05:51 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [TCP] Avoid two divides in __tcp_grow_window()

tcp_win_from_space() being signed, compiler might emit an integer divide
to compute tcp_win_from_space()/2 .

Using right shifts is OK here and less expensive.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 6931946..145b51a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ static int __tcp_grow_window(const struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	/* Optimize this! */
-	int truesize = tcp_win_from_space(skb->truesize)/2;
-	int window = tcp_win_from_space(sysctl_tcp_rmem[2])/2;
+	int truesize = tcp_win_from_space(skb->truesize) >> 1;
+	int window = tcp_win_from_space(sysctl_tcp_rmem[2]) >> 1;
 
 	while (tp->rcv_ssthresh <= window) {
 		if (truesize <= skb->len)
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