netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: Remove 'unlikely' qualifier in skb_steal

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Date:	Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:03:07 -0700
From:	Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: Remove 'unlikely' qualifier in skb_steal_sock() 

With early demux enabled by default for TCP flows, there is high chance that
skb->sk will be non-null. 'unlikely()' was removed from __inet_lookup_skb() but
maybe it can be removed from skb_steal_sock() as well.

Note: skb_steal_sock() is also called by __inet6_lookup_skb() and
__udp4_lib_lookup_skb() but they are protected by their own 'unlikely' calls.

Signed-off-by: Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@...il.com>
---
 include/net/sock.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 87b424a..2108603 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@ static inline void sk_change_net(struct sock *sk, struct net *net)
 
 static inline struct sock *skb_steal_sock(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (unlikely(skb->sk)) {
+	if (skb->sk) {
 		struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
 
 		skb->destructor = NULL;
-- 
1.7.0.4

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