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From: Markos Chandras <Markos.Chandras@imgtec.com>
To: Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	<kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>,
	<dborkman@redhat.com>, <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] arch/mips/net/bpf_jit.c: fix failure check
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:12:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53C7D9CA.20405@imgtec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANZNk81DOOxYYFSKZMCh=uABd3ONB8wToTFc3_L_9TfyQDS1yQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 07/17/2014 02:58 PM, Andrey Utkin wrote:
> 2014-07-17 16:52 GMT+03:00 Markos Chandras <Markos.Chandras@imgtec.com>:
>> Thanks for the patch. I would personally prefer to use a new signed int
>> variable, but I am fine either way.
> 
> If that's not a problem for performance etc., then i'll resubmit with
> new temporary signed variable, because i believe it would be simpler
> to comprehend.
> 
Hi Andrey,

Well, this function is executed during the filter compilation so it's
only executed once (or maybe a few times) per filter (assuming the
filter uses the SKF_AD_PKTTYPE opcode at all) so performance is not
really critical at this point. The performance become a critical factor
for the execution of the jitted filter. But yes, avoiding passing the
argument and doing the pointer operation later on could save some
instructions which is both good for compilation performance and also
makes the function simpler as you said.

-- 
markos

  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-17 14:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-17 13:27 [PATCH 2/3] arch/mips/net/bpf_jit.c: fix failure check Andrey Utkin
2014-07-17 13:52 ` Markos Chandras
2014-07-17 13:58   ` Andrey Utkin
2014-07-17 14:12     ` Markos Chandras [this message]
2014-07-17 14:22 ` [PATCH] " Andrey Utkin

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