netdev - [PATCH 2/3] netns: add dummy struct inside "struct net

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Date:   Fri, 2 Dec 2016 04:12:58 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, xemul@...nvz.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] netns: add dummy struct inside "struct net_generic"

This is precursor to fixing "[id - 1]" bloat inside net_generic().

Name "s" is chosen to complement name "u" often used for dummy unions.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 include/net/netns/generic.h |    6 ++++--
 net/core/net_namespace.c    |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/include/net/netns/generic.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/generic.h
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
  */
 
 struct net_generic {
-	unsigned int len;
-	struct rcu_head rcu;
+	struct {
+		unsigned int len;
+		struct rcu_head rcu;
+	} s;
 
 	void *ptr[0];
 };
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct net_generic *net_alloc_generic(void)
 
 	ng = kzalloc(generic_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ng)
-		ng->len = max_gen_ptrs;
+		ng->s.len = max_gen_ptrs;
 
 	return ng;
 }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int net_assign_generic(struct net *net, unsigned int id, void *data)
 
 	old_ng = rcu_dereference_protected(net->gen,
 					   lockdep_is_held(&net_mutex));
-	if (old_ng->len >= id) {
+	if (old_ng->s.len >= id) {
 		old_ng->ptr[id - 1] = data;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ static int net_assign_generic(struct net *net, unsigned int id, void *data)
 	 * the old copy for kfree after a grace period.
 	 */
 
-	memcpy(&ng->ptr, &old_ng->ptr, old_ng->len * sizeof(void*));
+	memcpy(&ng->ptr, &old_ng->ptr, old_ng->s.len * sizeof(void*));
 	ng->ptr[id - 1] = data;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(net->gen, ng);
-	kfree_rcu(old_ng, rcu);
+	kfree_rcu(old_ng, s.rcu);
 	return 0;
 }