[PATCH v4 22/35] net/intel: mark mid-burst ring cleanup as unlikely

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 02:36:56PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 2/9/2026 5:45 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > It should rarely be the case that we need to cleanup the descriptor ring
> > mid-burst, so mark as unlikely to help performance.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> > ---
> 
> Does it measurably help performance? I'm by no means a performance person so
> this isn't really my wheelhouse, but I remember enough patches removing
> "unlikely() for performance reasons" to get suspicious!
> 
> -- 
Yes, I tend to be suspicous too. I will reverify and, if not measurable,
will drop this patch from the set.

/Bruce