From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:41:21 +0200 > Minor suggestion: > > I think we can return the structure as a whole: > > static inline struct nf_hook_state nf_hook_state_init(unsigned int hook, > ...). > > Being static inline it should not make any difference. If by some insane possibility this does not get inlined, this structure gets copied to and from the kernel stack on some cpu ABIs in order to return it. Never return structures from functions, ever. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html