Re: [net] ixgbe: simplify padding and length checks

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher <at> intel.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:28:09 -0700

> On Thu, 2012-06-21 at 13:38 -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher <at> intel.com>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:15:10 -0700
>> 
>> > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger <at> vyatta.com>
>> > 
>> > The check for length <= 0 is bogus because length is unsigned, and network
>> > stack never sends zero length packets (unless it is totally broken).
>> > 
>> > The check for really small packets can be optimized (using unlikely)
>> > and calling skb_pad directly.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger <at> vyatta.com>
>> > Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt <at> intel.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher <at> intel.com>
>> 
>> Not really fixing anything and more of a cleanup, so maybe 'net-next'
>> instead of 'net' for this guy instead?
> 
> Yeah, net-next is fine.  I just verified that the patch applies cleanly
> to net-next as well.

Great, applied, thanks.