> 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 -- 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