> While if the test is done in kfree_skb(), the branch predictor of the
> cpu wont be able to predict things.
> 
> By feeding too many NULL pointers to kfree_skb(), we slow down it.

Would it make sense to annotate checks before such function calls
as "UNLIKELY"?

Regards,
Markus
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