netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: filter: constify detection of pkt_type

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Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:11:21 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
CC:	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: filter: constify detection of pkt_type_offset

On 09/12/2014 07:06 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Alexei Starovoitov
> <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 02:04:43PM +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
>>> Currently we have 2 pkt_type_offset functions doing the same thing and
>>> spread across the architecture files. Remove those and replace them
>>> with a PKT_TYPE_OFFSET macro helper which gets the constant value from a
>>> zero sized sk_buff member right in front of the bitfield with offsetof.
>>> This new offset marker does not change size of struct sk_buff.
>>>
>>> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>>> Cc: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>
>>> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
>>> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
>>> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> v2) Incorporated Daniel's feedback. I first misinterpreted the feedback
>>>      as something not related to pkt_type_offset.
>>
>> Thanks! It's a nice cleanup.
>>
>> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
>
> Wait... Isn't there a same patch before?
>
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg294839.html
>
> Maybe not exactly the same, but roughly same from the stats....

Yes, this is what the whole discussion is about, to unify it to a
central place.
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