Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] [NET]: uninline dev_alloc_skb, de-bloats a lot

From: Denys Vlasenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:34:29 +0100

On Friday 28 March 2008 01:52, David Miller wrote:
> From: Denys Vlasenko <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:36:59 +0100
> 
> > Can you add a comment which explains the intent?
> > 
> > +struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
> > +{
> > +       /* There is more code here than it seems:
> > +        * __dev_alloc_skb is an inline */
> > +	return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_skb);
> 
> I've applied his patch already, if you want this comment
> please submit the patch to add it and also please use
> the correct formatting of the comment.

Here it is.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <[email-masked]>
--
vda
--- net-2.6.26/net/core/skbuff.c	Fri Mar 28 23:31:05 2008
+++ net-2.6.26.comment/net/core/skbuff.c	Fri Mar 28 23:33:03 2008
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@
  */
 struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
 {
+	/*
+	 * There is more code here than it seems:
+	 * __def_alloc_skb is an inline
+	 */
 	return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_skb);