netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: tcp

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Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:50:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dborkman@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: tcp_probe: add IPv6 support

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:20:23 +0200

> On 08/22/2013 10:43 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
>> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:48:00 +0200
>>
>>> +	union {
>>> +		struct sockaddr		raw;
>>> +		struct sockaddr_in	v4;
>>> +		struct sockaddr_in6	v6;
>>> +	}	src, dst;
>>
>> This bloats up the tcp_log structure unnecessarily.  You have
>> absolutely no use for the port member, for example.
>>
>> I know you want to use this so that you can be lazy and only
>> use the single printf format specifier.  Here, keeping the
>> tcp_log compact is more important.
> 
> Well, the port is being filled out *and* used in both IPv4 and IPv6
> cases. That is why %pISpc is being used, hence IP + port that is being
> printed. The port was of course also printed to the log before in
> IPv4 only case, so nothing would change there.

Good point, ok I'll reconsider this series.
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