netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: simplify receive side calling arguments

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:46:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     haiyangz@...rosoft.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: simplify receive side calling
 arguments

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:34:25 -0700

> The calls up from the napi poll reading the receive ring had many
> places where an argument was being recreated. I.e the caller already
> had the value and wasn't passing it, then the callee would use
> known relationship to determine the same value. Simpler and faster
> to just pass arguments needed.
> 
> Also, add const in a couple places where message is being only read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>

Applied, thanks Stephen.