netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4: Remove flowi from struct rtable.

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Date:	Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:59:48 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: Remove flowi from struct rtable.

Le vendredi 04 mars 2011 à 22:12 -0800, David Miller a écrit :
> The only necessary parts are the src/dst addresses, the
> interface indexes, the TOS, and the mark.
> 
> The rest is unnecessary bloat, which amounts to nearly
> 50 bytes on 64-bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> ---

> +		struct rtable *rt = skb_rtable(skb);
> +		struct flowi fl = {
> +			.fl4_dst = rt->rt_key_dst,
> +			.fl4_src = rt->rt_key_src,
> +			.fl4_tos = rt->rt_tos,
> +			.oif = rt->rt_oif,
> +			.iif = rt->rt_iif,
> +			.mark = rt->rt_mark,
> +		};

Eventually we could have a helper for this, as this is done three times
in this file. Or maybe you have further plans for ipmr ?

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