netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: move inet_dport/inet_num in sock

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Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:23:21 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ling Ma <ling.ma.program@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: move inet_dport/inet_num in sock_common

On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 19:05 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 07:06 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> >  struct sock_common {
> > -	/* skc_daddr and skc_rcv_saddr must be grouped :
> > -	 * cf INET_MATCH() and INET_TW_MATCH()
> > +	/* skc_daddr and skc_rcv_saddr must be grouped on a 8 bytes aligned
> > +	 * address on 64bit arches : cf INET_MATCH() and INET_TW_MATCH()
> 
> __aligned(8)?

Nope, only on 64 bit this requirement exists (since a long time)

I am not sure we want complexity on this.

And we dont want holes to be automatically added here neither.



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