Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Disambiguate kernel message

From: Joe Perches <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:55:41 -0800

On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 12:46 -0800, Arun Sharma wrote:
> On 1/31/12 12:09 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> >> +	too_many_orphans = tcp_too_many_orphans(sk, shift);
> >> +	out_of_socket_memory = tcp_out_of_memory(sk);
> >> +	tcp_log_oom(too_many_orphans, out_of_socket_memory);
> >> +	if (too_many_orphans || out_of_socket_memory) {
> > Perhaps these repeated three lines should be a routine like:
> > bool tcp_check_oom(struct sock *sk, int shift)
> > {
> > 	bool tcp_orphans = tcp_too_many_orphans(sk, shift);
> > 	bool tcp_oom = tcp_out_of_memory(sk);
> >
> > 	printks...
> >
> > 	return tcp_orphans || tcp_oom;
> > }
> I like your previous suggestion better. It preserves the ability to write:
> if (too_many_orphans) {
>    do_something();
> }
> if (out_of_socket_memory) {
>    do_something_else();
> }

shrug. That isn't currently used and 
tcp_too_many_orphans and tcp_out_of_memory
could still be checked.

I think the routine could be moved out-of-line.