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From: Daniel Borkmann <danborkmann@googlemail.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: mpm@selenic.com, danborkmann@googlemail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jmoyer@redhat.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netpoll: allow execution of multiple rx_hooks per interface
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:06:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B4630C0.6090206@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100107.010201.51693251.davem@davemloft.net>

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David Miller wrote:
> From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:54:05 -0600
> 
>> Please inline patches so they can be reviewed easily in reply.
>>
>>
>> -       struct netpoll *np = npi->rx_np;
>> +       struct netpoll **np = &npi->rx_np;
>>  
>> -       if (!np)
>> +       if (!(*np))
>>
>> This makes everything horrible. Can you avoid the double indirection?
>> Using a list head might be a good answer.
>>
> 
> Agreed on all counts.
> 

Agreed on the double indirection, I'll fix it.

I've already considered the list_head structure, but then I was the opinion
that a double linked list might not be necessary for this, so I did it that
way ... (compare: kernel notifier by Alan Cox). If you insist on that I'll
fix it of course ;)

Best regards,
Daniel

P.s.: Sorry Matt for not CCing. I mainly took those addresses from Jeffs post.


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  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-07 19:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-06 20:54 [PATCH] netpoll: allow execution of multiple rx_hooks per interface Daniel Borkmann
2010-01-07  3:54 ` Matt Mackall
2010-01-07  9:02   ` David Miller
2010-01-07 19:06     ` Daniel Borkmann [this message]
2010-01-08  0:20       ` Daniel Borkmann
2010-01-11 23:21         ` Matt Mackall
2010-01-11 23:59           ` David Miller
2010-01-12  0:03             ` Matt Mackall
2010-01-12  0:09               ` Daniel Borkmann
2010-01-13  0:27                 ` Daniel Borkmann
2010-01-13 13:57                   ` Jeff Moyer
2010-01-13 16:53                     ` Daniel Borkmann
2010-01-14  4:41                   ` David Miller

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