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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] vmxnet3: add TSO support
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 21:15:19 -0800
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On Mon,  4 Jan 2016 18:28:18 -0800
Yong Wang <yongwang@vmware.com> wrote:

> +/* The number of descriptors that are needed for a packet. */
> +static unsigned
> +txd_estimate(const struct rte_mbuf *m)
> +{
> +	return m->nb_segs;
> +}
> +

A wrapper function only really clarifies if it is hiding some information.
Why not just code this in place?