netdev - [v2 PATCH 2/2] netprio_cgroup: Use memcpy instead of the for-loop to copy priomap

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:37:47 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	David.Laight@...lab.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com,
	gaofeng@...fujitsu.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	mark.d.rustad@...el.com, lizefan@...wei.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [v2 PATCH 2/2] netprio_cgroup: Use memcpy instead of the for-loop to
 copy priomap

Replace the current (inefficient) for-loop with memcpy, to copy priomap.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 net/core/netprio_cgroup.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
index fd339bb0..83bbd0e 100644
--- a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static int extend_netdev_table(struct net_device *dev, u32 new_len)
 			   ((sizeof(u32) * new_len));
 	struct netprio_map *new_priomap = kzalloc(new_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	struct netprio_map *old_priomap;
-	int i;
 
 	old_priomap  = rtnl_dereference(dev->priomap);
 
@@ -82,10 +81,10 @@ static int extend_netdev_table(struct net_device *dev, u32 new_len)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0;
-	     old_priomap && (i < old_priomap->priomap_len);
-	     i++)
-		new_priomap->priomap[i] = old_priomap->priomap[i];
+	if (old_priomap)
+		memcpy(new_priomap->priomap, old_priomap->priomap,
+			old_priomap->priomap_len *
+					sizeof(old_priomap->priomap[0]));
 
 	new_priomap->priomap_len = new_len;
 

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