netdev - Re: [PATCH V2] tipc: Use bsearch library function

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Message-Id: <760F46A5-2C04-4F3F-83C5-5EA331CFA1D6@m3y3r.de>
Date:   Sun, 17 Sep 2017 17:00:12 +0200
From:   Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
To:     Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
        <tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] tipc: Use bsearch library function


> Am 16.09.2017 um 15:20 schrieb Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>.
>> 
>> What part of "very time critical" have you verified and benchmarked as
>> inconsequential?
>> 
>> Please post your results.
> 
> I agree with Joe here. This change does not simplify anything, it does not reduce the amount of code, plus that it introduce an unnecessary outline call in a place where we have every reason to let the compiler do its optimization job properly.

Hi,

Okay, should I prepare some performance numbers or do we NAK this change?
What about the other binary search implementation in the same file? Should I try to convert it it will it get NAKed for performance reasons too?

With kind regards
Thomas
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