netdev - Re: [IPV4]: Add an 'rtable' field in struct sk_buff to alias 'dst' field and avoid casts

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Date:	Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:23:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IPV4]: Add an 'rtable' field in struct sk_buff to alias 'dst'
 field and avoid casts

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:15:41 +0100

> @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int br_nf_pre_routing_finish_ipv6(struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	}
>  	nf_bridge->mask ^= BRNF_NF_BRIDGE_PREROUTING;
>  
> -	skb->dst = (struct dst_entry *)&__fake_rtable;
> +	skb->dst = &__fake_rtable.u.dst;
>  	dst_hold(skb->dst);
>  
>  	skb->dev = nf_bridge->physindev;

Any reason this case (and the next 3 hunks) can't simply
use just plain "&__fake_rtable"?  That would probably
look nicer and match the rest of this patch.


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