netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Provide SYN packet for passive connections

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Message-ID: <CA+mtBx_LqwUpe5Df3VPw-L=h-WUjr=fxh86rgNuYnMacNikuOA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:08:38 -0700
From:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Provide SYN packet for passive connections

> I dunno, bloating up the socket and the mini-req structure by 8+ bytes
> for what's essentially a very fringe feature?

For inet_connection_sock I believe there are fields that would only be
used for a listeners(e.g. icsk_accept_queue), and fields that would
only be used for a real connection (e.g. icsk_retransmits).  Would it
be worth it to split these into a union?
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