netdev - Re: [PATCH] atm: introduce vcc

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:59:06 -0500
From:	chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>
To:	Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atm: introduce vcc_pop()

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:45:34 +0100
Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 04:20:01PM -0500, chas williams - CONTRACTOR wrote:
> > i dont like the vcc->pop() implementation and at one point i had the
> > crazy idea of using skb->destructors to handle it.  however, i think it
> > would be necessary to clone the skb's so any existing destructor is
> > preserved.
> 
> With this patch we will kill vcc->pop() in drivers and in future
> we can do that without changes in drivers.

ok

> > 
> > > +#define vcc_pop(vcc, skb) vcc_pop_any(vcc, skb)
> > > +#define vcc_pop_irq(vcc, skb) vcc_pop_any(vcc, skb)
> > 
> > don't define these if you dont plan on using them anway.
> 
> I removed them. I also added check if vcc is NULL, as David Woodhouse
> suggested, some drivers use that.

it should probably be if (likely(vcc) && likely(vcc->pop)) since it
will almost always be the case.
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