netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] net: Clarification of CHECKSUM

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:47:35 -0700
From:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] net: Clarification of CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:13 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
>> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:55:56 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>> @@ -569,16 +590,13 @@ struct sk_buff {
>>>       __u8                    wifi_acked:1;
>>>       __u8                    no_fcs:1;
>>>       __u8                    head_frag:1;
>>> -     /* Encapsulation protocol and NIC drivers should use
>>> -      * this flag to indicate to each other if the skb contains
>>> -      * encapsulated packet or not and maybe use the inner packet
>>> -      * headers if needed
>>> -      */
>>> +     /* Indicates the the inner headers are valid in the skbuff. */
>>>       __u8                    encapsulation:1;
>>>       __u8                    encap_hdr_csum:1;
>>>       __u8                    csum_valid:1;
>>>       __u8                    csum_complete_sw:1;
>>> -     /* 2/4 bit hole (depending on ndisc_nodetype presence) */
>>> +     __u8                    csum_level:2;
>>> +     /* 0/2 bit hole (depending on ndisc_nodetype presence) */
>>>       kmemcheck_bitfield_end(flags2);
>>
>> Crap, with xmit_more, this actually bleeds us over into a new __u8.
>
> We'll undoubtably want to add more flags beyond that (they're quite
> useful). I'll try to find some more space in the existing fields so we
> don't increase skbuf size.

Actually, from inner_protocol through mac_header there are seven 16
bit fields, could put another 16 bit flags there.
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