netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/3] net: dcb: use _safe() version of list iterators

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Date:	Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:40:35 -0800
From:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/3] net: dcb: use _safe() version of list iterators

On 1/31/2011 8:42 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:54 -0800
> 
>> Use _safe() version of list iterator macros in dcb_setapp().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> 
> Why?  It's unnecessary overhead, since we always branch to "out", and
> therefore out of the list traversal loop, any time we list_del()
> something on the list.

Of course you are right there is no reason for this. Thanks.
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