netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] ipv4: use SNMP macro assuming softirq context in ip

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Message-Id: <20140122.175250.1038289738103391750.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:52:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	popovich_sergei@...l.ru
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ipv4: use SNMP macro assuming softirq context in
 ip_forward().

From: Sergey Popovich <popovich_sergei@...l.ru>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:48:50 +0200

> ip_forward() runs entirely in softirq context, we could use
> version of SNMP macro which updates stats counters assuming that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Popovich <popovich_sergei@...l.ru>

This is not a bug fix, it's an optimization.
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