netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/2] net, thunderx: Use bool in structs where possible

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:00:02 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Robert Richter' <rrichter@...iumnetworks.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...ium.com>,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robert Richter <rrichter@...ium.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] net, thunderx: Use bool in structs where possible

From: Robert Richter
> Sent: 18 February 2016 12:39
> From: Robert Richter <rrichter@...ium.com>
> 
> Looks like the :1 notation was accidentally introduced (this still
> uses 1 byte per flag). Using bool instead, which is the common use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@...ium.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
> index 688828865c48..fa5b1d2d8e23 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
> @@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ struct nicvf {
>  	struct pci_dev		*pdev;
>  	u8			vf_id;
>  	u8			node;
> -	u8			tns_mode:1;
> -	u8			sqs_mode:1;
> -	u8			loopback_supported:1;
> +	bool			tns_mode;
> +	bool                    sqs_mode;
> +	bool			loopback_supported;
>  	bool			hw_tso;
>  	u16			mtu;
>  	struct queue_set	*qs;

If the size of the structure matters, you've just made it two bytes larger.
(Although it looks like there is some padding).

	David