netdev - Re: [PATCH] neigh: sysctl - simplify address calculation of gc

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:33:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	minipli@...glemail.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, spender@...ecurity.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] neigh: sysctl - simplify address calculation of gc_*
 variables

From: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:36:44 +0200

> The code in neigh_sysctl_register() relies on a specific layout of
> struct neigh_table, namely that the 'gc_*' variables are directly
> following the 'parms' member in a specific order. The code, though,
> expresses this in the most ugly way.
> 
> Get rid of the ugly casts and use the 'tbl' pointer to get a handle to
> the table. This way we can refer to the 'gc_*' variables directly.
> 
> Similarly seen in the grsecurity patch, written by Brad Spengler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
> Cc: Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>

Looks good, applied, thanks.
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