netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] net: Split core bits of dev_pick_tx into __dev_pick

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Date:	Sat, 7 Jul 2012 01:03:23 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<therbert@...gle.com>, <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] net: Split core bits of dev_pick_tx into
 __dev_pick_tx

On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 17:16 -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> This change splits the core bits of dev_pick_tx into a separate function.
> The main idea behind this is to make this code accessible to select queue
> functions when they decide to process the standard path instead of their
> own custom path in their select queue routine.
[...]

I like this.  Uninlining that code is going to cost some cycles, but
hopefully not enough to worry about.

Ben.

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