netdev - Re: [PATCH] tun: don't look at current when non-blocking

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Message-ID: <5254F6CF.8080606@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:25:19 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, mst@...hat.com
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com, xemul@...allels.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tun: don't look at current when non-blocking

On 10/09/2013 03:46 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:25:12 +0300
>
>> We play with a wait queue even if socket is
>> non blocking. This is an obvious waste.
>> Besides, it will prevent calling the non blocking
>> variant when current is not valid.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
> --

Michael, I believe this is just an optimization or a required patch of
your following patches. So no need go for stable?
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