On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 12:56 AM Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com> wrote:
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> On 01/12/2018 10:38 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> > + if (*proto == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
> > + if (unlikely(*network_depth > skb->len - sizeof(struct
> > iphdr)))
> > + return false;
> > + return true;
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> Or just do the following?
> return *network_depth <= skb->len - sizeof(struct iphdr));
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> We'll lose the compiler hint though, so I'm not sure which is better.
It is very important to keep this unlikely(), as it is on a hot path.
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> > + } else if (*proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
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> No need for an else here, the first if block always returns.
Yeah, but not sure if this makes a difference on the generated
asm code. I will give it a try anyway.
Thanks.
