This series introduces a set of accessors, compacts the nf_hook_entry, and rearranges some of the loops in preparation for the final set of work going to an array based hook system. After this series, the nf_hook_entry should fit in a cacheline on a modern Intel i7. Tested on bare-metal system. Aaron Conole (3): netfilter: introduce accessor functions for hook entries netfilter: decouple nf_hook_entry and nf_hook_ops netfilter: convert while loops to for loops include/linux/netfilter.h | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c | 8 ++++---- net/netfilter/core.c | 16 ++++++---------- net/netfilter/nf_queue.c | 5 ++--- 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4 -- 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