netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] net: af_unix: implement splice for stream af

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 16:59:15 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, cwang@...pensource.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] net: af_unix: implement splice for stream
 af_unix sockets

On Thu, May 21, 2015, at 16:23, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-05-21 at 11:39 +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> > unix_stream_recvmsg is refactored to unix_stream_read_generic in this
> > patch and enhanced to deal with pipe splicing. The refactoring is
> > inneglible, we mostly have to deal with a non-existing struct msghdr
> > argument.
> > 
> 
> > +static __always_inline
> > +int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state)
> >  {
> 
> 
> I do not believe it is reasonable to inline this monster, even if some
> macro benchmark looks better.
> 
> General trend in the community is to remove all these inlines.

Okay, I tend to agree and will remove it. Send v3 soon.

> ip_finish_output2() for example should lose its 'inline' keyword.

Ack.

Thanks,
Hannes
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