netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 05/16] tcp: switch back to proper tcp_skb_cb size check in tcp

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 07:41:02 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Lance Richardson <lrichard@...hat.com>
Cc:     Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 05/16] tcp: switch back to proper tcp_skb_cb
 size check in tcp_init()

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Lance Richardson <lrichard@...hat.com> wrote:

> The skb local variable could be avoided via:
>
>         BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct tcp_skb_cb) > FIELD_SIZEOF(struct sk_buff, cb));
>

Right you are, thanks !