netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: avoid unnecessary READ_ONCE in tun_net

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Date:   Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:09:29 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jasowang@...hat.com, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: avoid unnecessary READ_ONCE in
 tun_net_xmit

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  5 Dec 2017 22:11:17 -0500

> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> 
> The statement no longer serves a purpose.
> 
> Commit fa35864e0bb7 ("tuntap: Fix for a race in accessing numqueues")
> added the ACCESS_ONCE to avoid a race condition with skb_queue_len.
> 
> Commit 436accebb530 ("tuntap: remove unnecessary sk_receive_queue
> length check during xmit") removed the affected skb_queue_len check.
> 
> Commit 96f84061620c ("tun: add eBPF based queue selection method")
> split the function, reading the field a second time in the callee.
> The temp variable is now only read once, so just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Willem.