netdev - [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: minor cleanup in skb_ext

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Message-Id: <12a47f17cb6222b73eb95e9becc61835f410f2d2.1545330068.git.pabeni@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:38:18 +0100
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: minor cleanup in skb_ext_add()

When the extension to be added is already present, the only
skb field we may need to update is 'extensions': we can reorder
the code and avoid a branch.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
---
 net/core/skbuff.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index e1d88762f659..38afa3ff2b44 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5666,11 +5666,8 @@ void *skb_ext_add(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_ext_id id)
 		if (!new)
 			return NULL;
 
-		if (__skb_ext_exist(new, id)) {
-			if (old != new)
-				skb->extensions = new;
+		if (__skb_ext_exist(new, id))
 			goto set_active;
-		}
 
 		newoff = new->chunks;
 	} else {
@@ -5684,9 +5681,9 @@ void *skb_ext_add(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_ext_id id)
 	newlen = newoff + skb_ext_type_len[id];
 	new->chunks = newlen;
 	new->offset[id] = newoff;
-	skb->extensions = new;
-set_active:
 	skb->active_extensions |= 1 << id;
+set_active:
+	skb->extensions = new;
 	return skb_ext_get_ptr(new, id);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_ext_add);
-- 
2.19.2