netdev - RE: [PATCHv2 net-next 04/12] sctp: implement make_datafrag for sctp_stream

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Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2017 16:04:58 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Marcelo Ricardo Leitner' <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
CC:     'Xin Long' <lucien.xin@...il.com>,
        network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCHv2 net-next 04/12] sctp: implement make_datafrag for
 sctp_stream_interleave

From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner
> Sent: 08 December 2017 16:00
...
> > Is it worth replacing the si struct with an index/enum value, and indexing an
> > array of method pointer structs?  That would save you at least one dereference.
> 
> Hmmm, maybe, yes. It would be like
> sctp_stream_interleave[asoc->stream.si].make_datafrag(...)

If you only expect 2 choices then an if () is likely
to produce better code that the above.

The actual implementation can be hidden inside a #define
or static inline function.

	David