netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 17/17] tcp: get rid of two unnecessary u16s in TCP skb flags copying

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Message-Id: <20090302.030357.259818988.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:03:57 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 17/17] tcp: get rid of two unnecessary u16s in
 TCP skb flags copying

From: "Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:44:42 +0200

> From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
> 
> I guess these fields were one day 16-bit in the struct but
> nowadays they're just using 8 bits anyway.
> 
> This is just a precaution, didn't result any change in my
> case but who knows what all those varying gcc versions &
> options do. I've been told that 16-bit is not so nice with
> some cpus.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>

Applied.
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