netdev - [PATCH net-next 17/17] tcp: get rid of two unnecessary u16s in TCP skb flags copying

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Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:44:42 +0200
From:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 17/17] tcp: get rid of two unnecessary u16s in TCP skb flags copying

From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>

I guess these fields were one day 16-bit in the struct but
nowadays they're just using 8 bits anyway.

This is just a precaution, didn't result any change in my
case but who knows what all those varying gcc versions &
options do. I've been told that 16-bit is not so nice with
some cpus.

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index d5c7245..274110e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 len,
 	struct sk_buff *buff;
 	int nsize, old_factor;
 	int nlen;
-	u16 flags;
+	u8 flags;
 
 	BUG_ON(len > skb->len);
 
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static int tso_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len,
 {
 	struct sk_buff *buff;
 	int nlen = skb->len - len;
-	u16 flags;
+	u8 flags;
 
 	/* All of a TSO frame must be composed of paged data.  */
 	if (skb->len != skb->data_len)
-- 
1.5.6.5

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