netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: rfs: add a jump label

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Message-Id: <20161208.131900.434329215014851517.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:19:00 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: rfs: add a jump label

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 08:29:10 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> RFS is not commonly used, so add a jump label to avoid some conditionals
> in fast path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, but I wonder how effective this will really be in the long run.