netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: optimize INET input path further

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Message-Id: <20101203.091159.70180198.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:11:59 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brian.haley@...com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: optimize INET input path further

From: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:00:21 -0500

> Yes, all that IPv4 address baggage is still there in an IPv6 sock, even
> if not used.  I haven't even looked close enough to see if it is possible
> to move the IPv6 addresses since I think there are times when both are
> in-use.

Both need to be there and can be active at the same time.
IPV4 mapped sockets and how we handle them kill all the
posibility share the struct space consumed by these addresses.
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