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Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/*, net/core/neighbour.c jiffies cleanup

To: adilger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Andreas Dilger)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/*, net/core/neighbour.c jiffies cleanup
From: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 21:32:32 +0300 (MSK)
Cc: davem@xxxxxxxxxx, tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, ak@xxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20011108111024.X5922@lynx.no> from "Andreas Dilger" at Nov 8, 1 11:10:24 am
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Hello!

> is more likely that nobody knows about them, because nobody uses them, 
> because nobody knows about them, etc.

Yes, it is thing which usually happens with good macros. :-)


> If people don't want to see them, that is fine with me - they will stop.

I talk only about neighbour.c. It is pretty hairy to bring it to
brain cache fastly enough. And I am afraid (remember) that in the past
I did some silly tricks, sort of using the fact that large positive
now - mark means that mark is in future. Mostly likely killed together
with another hacks, but I am not sure.

Another places are trivial as rule and can be edited any time.

Alexey

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