netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v3 3/6] net_sched: mirred: remove action when the target device is gone

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Date:	Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:12:24 -0000
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Jamal Hadi Salim" <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	"Cong Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v3 3/6] net_sched: mirred: remove action when the target device is gone

> From: Jamal Hadi Salim
> Sent: 13 December 2013 12:08
...
> > -	int			tcfm_ok_push;
> > +	unsigned int		tcfm_ok_push:1;
> > +	unsigned int		tcfm_bind:1;
> 
> What has the above cleverness got to do with anything you intended?

Not even 'cleverness'.
Using byte-sized fields is enough to stop the structure growing.
Bit fields are usually not a good idea at all.

	David



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