netdev - [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_try_coalesce returns a boolean

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:34:36 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	ncardwell@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, therbert@...gle.com,
	maze@...gle.com, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Subject: [PATCH net-next] tcp: tcp_try_coalesce returns a boolean

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

This clarifies code intention, as suggested by David.

Suggested-by: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c |   18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index bd7aef5..67f352a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4459,23 +4459,23 @@ static inline int tcp_try_rmem_schedule(struct sock *sk, unsigned int size)
  * to reduce overall memory use and queue lengths, if cost is small.
  * Packets in ofo or receive queues can stay a long time.
  * Better try to coalesce them right now to avoid future collapses.
- * Returns > 0 value if caller should free @from instead of queueing it
+ * Returns true if caller should free @from instead of queueing it
  */
-static int tcp_try_coalesce(struct sock *sk,
-			    struct sk_buff *to,
-			    struct sk_buff *from)
+static bool tcp_try_coalesce(struct sock *sk,
+			     struct sk_buff *to,
+			     struct sk_buff *from)
 {
 	int len = from->len;
 
 	if (tcp_hdr(from)->fin)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if (len <= skb_tailroom(to)) {
 		BUG_ON(skb_copy_bits(from, 0, skb_put(to, len), len));
 merge:
 		NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPRCVCOALESCE);
 		TCP_SKB_CB(to)->end_seq = TCP_SKB_CB(from)->end_seq;
 		TCP_SKB_CB(to)->ack_seq = TCP_SKB_CB(from)->ack_seq;
-		return 1;
+		return true;
 	}
 	if (skb_headlen(from) == 0 &&
 	    !skb_has_frag_list(to) &&
@@ -4498,7 +4498,7 @@ merge:
 		to->data_len += len;
 		goto merge;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return false;
 }
 
 static void tcp_data_queue_ofo(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -4539,7 +4539,7 @@ static void tcp_data_queue_ofo(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	end_seq = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq;
 
 	if (seq == TCP_SKB_CB(skb1)->end_seq) {
-		if (tcp_try_coalesce(sk, skb1, skb) <= 0) {
+		if (!tcp_try_coalesce(sk, skb1, skb)) {
 			__skb_queue_after(&tp->out_of_order_queue, skb1, skb);
 		} else {
 			__kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -4671,7 +4671,7 @@ queue_and_out:
 				goto drop;
 
 			tail = skb_peek_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
-			eaten = tail ? tcp_try_coalesce(sk, tail, skb) : -1;
+			eaten = (tail && tcp_try_coalesce(sk, tail, skb)) ? 1 : 0;
 			if (eaten <= 0) {
 				skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
 				__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);


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