Re: [PATCH] add likely/unlikely to pskb_may

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Re: [PATCH] add likely/unlikely to pskb_may_pull

To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] add likely/unlikely to pskb_may_pull
From:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:53:19 -0700
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:18:54 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Code that deals with received headers needs to be robust and use 
> pskb_may_pull in many
> places, but except in the case of DOS attacks, the packets are always 
> correctly formed
> so optimize for that case.

Applied, thanks Stephen.

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