netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: add sysctl_tcp_rto_min

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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 16:47:04 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Kevin Yang <yyd@...gle.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>, Yuchung Cheng
 <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: add sysctl_tcp_rto_min_us

On Tue, 28 May 2024 17:13:20 +0000 Kevin Yang wrote:
> +	icsk->icsk_rto_min = usecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->
> +					      ipv4.sysctl_tcp_rto_min_us));

This is somewhat awkwardly broken into two lines.
Could you use a temp variable to save 

	rto_min_us = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_rto_min_us);

?

Or just go over 80 chars, but preferably not. Chaining 3 calls in one
line is a bit Java-esque :S

With that feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

We also carry (a form of) this patch in Meta kernels.. :(