netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4 -rev1] Initilize and populate age field

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:29:22 +0530
From:	Varun Chandramohan <varunc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	socketcan@...tkopp.net, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	krkumar2@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4 -rev1] Initilize and populate age field

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Varun Chandramohan a écrit :
>> Eric Dumazet wrote:
>>> Varun Chandramohan a écrit :
>>>> The age field is filled with the current time at the time of creation
>>>> of the route. When the routes are dumped
>>>> then the age value stored in the route structure is subtracted from
>>>> the current time value and the difference is the age expressed in
>>>> secs.
>>>>
>>>>      }
>>>> +
>>>> +    do_gettimeofday(&tv);
>>>> +    if (!*age) {
>>>> +        *age = timeval_to_sec(&tv);
>>>> +        NLA_PUT_U32(skb, RTA_AGE, *age);
>>> here, what happens if sizeof(time_t) is not 4 ?
>>>
>> Same case as above :-) comments?
>
> So you are confident it (truncation from 8 to 4 bytes) works well on
> Big endian arches as well as Little endian arches ? :-)
>
I suppose so. But i must admit i have'nt tested it on Big endian arch
though!!!
>
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