netdev - Re: [Resend PATCH 2/3] TCP: options clean up

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:46:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	agl@...erialviolet.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Resend PATCH 2/3] TCP: options clean up

From: "Adam Langley" <agl@...erialviolet.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:30:40 -0700

> +struct tcp_out_options {
> +	unsigned options;		/* bit field of OPTION_* */
> +	unsigned mss;			/* 0 to disable */
> +	unsigned ws;			/* window scale, 0 to disable */
> +	__u32 tsval, tsecr;		/* need to include OPTION_TS */
> +	unsigned num_sack_blocks;	/* number of SACK blocks to include */
> +};

Please specify the type fully, f.e. 'unsigned int', but most of
the time fixed sized types are more appriate, and that is the case
here.

'mss' is a "u16"

You only have a tiny number of option bits, a 'u8' would suffice.
Window scale has a very small possible value range as well, it
also would fit in a 'u8'.

Those changes should make this structure 8 bytes.
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