netdev - Re: [IPoIB] Identify multicast packets and fix IGMP breakage V3

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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:17:52 -0600
From:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:	Yossi Etigin <yosefe@...taire.com>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, rdreier@...co.com,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...taire.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IPoIB] Identify multicast packets and fix IGMP breakage V3

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 03:02:54AM +0300, Yossi Etigin wrote:

> Shouldn't struct ib_grh be packed to make this really work?

No idea what the kernel convention for this is. It looks OK to me, in
that no arch I am familiar with will insert padding.

> The code looks a little messy to me anyway... 
> How about using a local var which is a ptr to packed struct ib_grh? The
> compiler will probably eliminate it anyway.

This bike shed is looking pretty well painted already :)

Jason
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