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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-04-20 17:02:45 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-04-25 22:29:22 -0700
commit9be9a6b983314dd57e2c5ba548dee8b53d338ac3 (patch)
tree93972a232c26fd4175bf3bf0af0299fcc18a64a3 /net/core
parent42dc9cd54b7290f862874a2544e50395e5719985 (diff)
[NET]: Get rid of netdev_nit
It isn't any faster to test a boolean global variable than do a simple check for empty list. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c18
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c8f5ea9aea8..431998d9cee 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -226,12 +226,6 @@ extern void netdev_unregister_sysfs(struct net_device *);
*******************************************************************************/
/*
- * For efficiency
- */
-
-static int netdev_nit;
-
-/*
* Add a protocol ID to the list. Now that the input handler is
* smarter we can dispense with all the messy stuff that used to be
* here.
@@ -265,10 +259,9 @@ void dev_add_pack(struct packet_type *pt)
int hash;
spin_lock_bh(&ptype_lock);
- if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL)) {
- netdev_nit++;
+ if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL))
list_add_rcu(&pt->list, &ptype_all);
- } else {
+ else {
hash = ntohs(pt->type) & 15;
list_add_rcu(&pt->list, &ptype_base[hash]);
}
@@ -295,10 +288,9 @@ void __dev_remove_pack(struct packet_type *pt)
spin_lock_bh(&ptype_lock);
- if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL)) {
- netdev_nit--;
+ if (pt->type == htons(ETH_P_ALL))
head = &ptype_all;
- } else
+ else
head = &ptype_base[ntohs(pt->type) & 15];
list_for_each_entry(pt1, head, list) {
@@ -1330,7 +1322,7 @@ static int dev_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb)
int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
if (likely(!skb->next)) {
- if (netdev_nit)
+ if (!list_empty(&ptype_all))
dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);
if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb)) {