netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next rfc 0/6] convert tc

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Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:21:13 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, fw@...len.de, dborkman@...earbox.net,
        jhs@...atatu.com, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next rfc 0/6] convert tc_verd to integer bitfields

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:13:24 -0500

> The skb tc_verd field takes up two bytes but uses far fewer bits.
> Convert the remaining use cases to bitfields that fit in existing
> holes (depending on config options) and potentially save the two
> bytes in struct sk_buff.

I like the looks of this, for sure :-)