netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Optimize hard_start

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Date:	Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:09:21 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jarkao2@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Optimize hard_start_xmit() return
 checking

From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:20:12 +0100

> Recent changes in the TX error propagation require additional checking
> and masking of values returned from hard_start_xmit(), mainly to
> separate cases where skb was consumed. This aim can be simplified by
> changing the order of NETDEV_TX and NET_XMIT codes, because the latter
> are treated similarly to negative (ERRNO) values.
> 
> After this change much simpler dev_xmit_complete() is also used in
> sch_direct_xmit(), so it is moved to netdevice.h.
> 
> Additionally NET_RX definitions in netdevice.h are moved up from
> between TX codes to avoid confusion while reading the TX comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>

Looks good, applied, thanks!
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