netdev - Re: [rfc] bridge: is PACKET

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Date:	Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:14:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	horms@...ge.net.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	jpirko@...hat.com, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [rfc] bridge: is PACKET_LOOPBACK unlikely()?

From: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:35:32 +0900

> While looking at using netdev_rx_handler_register for openvswitch Jesse
> Gross suggested that an unlikely() might be worthwhile in that code.
> I'm interested to see if its appropriate for the bridge code.
> 
> Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>

Seems reasonable to me, applied to net-next-2.6
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