netdev - Re: [PATCH] inet: set `error' value not under lock

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Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2016 14:46:04 -0800
From:	Weongyo Jeong <wjeong@...racuda.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"weongyo.linux@...il.com" <weongyo.linux@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] inet: set `error' value not under lock_sock().

On 03/09/2016 12:37 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.linux@...il.com>
> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:22:21 -0800
>
>> A trivial patch to set `error' variable while not holding
>> lock_sock().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.linux@...il.com>
>
> Deferring the assignment means gcc doesn't have to potentially put it
> on the stack across the lock_sock() call.
>
> You're making the code worse not better, the assignment into a local
> variable is not an expensive operation.
>
> I'm not applying this change, sorry.

No problem.  Thank you for review and opinion.

Regards,
Weongyo Jeong

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