netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ixgbe: simplify padding and length checks (v2)

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:30:51 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ixgbe: simplify padding and length checks (v2)

On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 16:31 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The check for length <= 0 is bogus because length is unsigned, and
> network
> stack never sends zero length packets (unless it is totally broken).
> 
> The check for really small packets can be optimized (using unlikely)
> and calling skb_pad directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> 

I just realized I had not responded to this updated patch.

Thanks Stephen, I have dropped your previous 2 patch series and added
this patch to my queue.

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