netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: unalias tcp_skb_cb flags and ip

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Date:	Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:38:00 +0300
From:	Christoph Paasch <christoph.paasch@...ouvain.be>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, hkchu@...gle.com,
	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi, jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: unalias tcp_skb_cb flags and ip_dsfield


On Tuesday 27 September 2011 wrote David Miller:
> From: Christoph Paasch <christoph.paasch@...ouvain.be>
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:37:38 +0300
> 
> > However, (as far as I can see) before Eric's change it was 42 bytes long
> > and now it became 43 bytes.
> 
> Then, I suggest that you go buy a pair of glasses. :-)

Yeah, maybe it's time to... ;-)

This two-byte hole, is it because "flags" and "sacked" are both __u8 and 
fields are aligned to 32-bit ?

Thanks,
Christoph

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IP Networking Lab --- http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be
MultiPath TCP in the Linux Kernel --- http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/mptcp
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