netdev - [INET] Avoid an integer divide in rt_garbage

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Message-ID: <476B7762.30908@cosmosbay.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:20:50 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [INET] Avoid an integer divide in rt_garbage_collect()

Since 'goal' is a signed int, compiler may emit an integer divide
to compute goal/2.

Using a right shift is OK here and less expensive.

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

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