netdev - [PATCH net-next] ipv4: avoid a test in ip_rt

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Message-ID: <1351499603.7394.199.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:33:23 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: avoid a test in ip_rt_put()

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

We can save a test in ip_rt_put(), considering dst_release() accepts
a NULL parameter, and dst is first element in rtable.

Add a BUILD_BUG_ON() to catch any change that could break this
assertion.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
---
 include/net/route.h |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index bc40b63..2ea40c1 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -198,10 +198,13 @@ struct in_ifaddr;
 extern void fib_add_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *);
 extern void fib_del_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *, struct in_ifaddr *);
 
-static inline void ip_rt_put(struct rtable * rt)
+static inline void ip_rt_put(struct rtable *rt)
 {
-	if (rt)
-		dst_release(&rt->dst);
+	/* dst_release() accepts a NULL parameter.
+	 * We rely on dst being first structure in struct rtable
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rtable, dst) != 0);
+	dst_release(&rt->dst);
 }
 
 #define IPTOS_RT_MASK	(IPTOS_TOS_MASK & ~3)


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