netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: shrink tcp6_timewait

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Message-ID: <1380835333.19002.231.camel@edumazet-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:22:13 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: shrink tcp6_timewait_sock by one cache
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On Thu, 2013-10-03 at 16:02 -0400, David Miller wrote:

> I am sure that you could define a set of interfaces which are named
> such that the intent and usage is clear, would do the u32 cast, and
> would be updated by whoever changes the timestamp implementation in
> the future.
> 
> The cast is really ugly, even if we do it in inetpeer already, and
> you're already here cleaning things up, so please do it right.

Sure I will do.


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