netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: cleanup datagram receive helpers

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Date:   Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:13:19 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com,
        ktkhai@...tuozzo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: cleanup datagram receive helpers

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:45:20 +0100

> Several receive helpers have an optional destructor argument, which uglify
> the code a bit and is taxed by retpoline overhead.
> 
> This series refactor the code so that we can drop such optional argument,
> cleaning the helpers a bit and avoiding an indirect call in fast path.
> 
> The first patch refactor a bit the caller, so that the second patch
> actually dropping the argument is more straight-forward
> 
> v1 -> v2:
>  - call scm_stat_del() only when not peeking - Kirill
>  - fix build issue with CONFIG_INET_ESPINTCP

Series applie, thanks Paolo.