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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/9] net/mlx4_en: Add branch prediction hints in RX
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Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:35:18 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com>
Date: Thu,  8 Sep 2016 11:51:53 +0300

> Add likely/unlikely hints to improve branch predictions
> in the RX data-path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com>

This is absolutely not appropriate for 'net'.  This is not a bug
fix, it is a feature/enhancement.