linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: drop local versions of network data structs

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Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 09:31:21 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Cc:	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: drop local versions of
 network data structs

On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Luis Henriques
<luis.henriques@...onical.com> wrote:
> Several network-related data structures are defined in gelic_udbg.
> These could be easily dropped and the standard ones defined in network
> headers could be used instead.
>
> The 4 patches that follow replace ethernet, vlan, ip and udp
> structures in gelic_udbg.  Note that this has been compile-tested
> only.

A few of these were declared __packed in the gelic driver, while that
attribute isn't used for the standard definitions.

It probably doesn't make a difference, as there are no gaps in the structures
when unpacked, unless pointers to the structures themselves are unaligned.

> Luis Henriques (4):
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct ethhdr from <linux/if_ether.h>
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct vlan_hdr from <linux/if_vlan.h>
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct iphdr from <linux/ip.h>
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct udphdr from <linux/udp.h>
>
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/gelic_udbg.c | 71 +++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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