netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4 01/12] net: core: limit nested device depth

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Message-ID: <9bbf73e318df17d179014937cb6c1335fb303611.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date:   Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:57:05 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4 01/12] net: core: limit nested device depth

Hi,

(jumping out now, forgive me for being so brief)

> If I understand correctly, you said about the alignment of
> "lower_level" and "upper_level".
> I thought this place is a fine position for variables as regards the
> alignment and I didn't try to put each variable in different places.
> 
> If I misunderstood your mention, please let me know.

Not sure what you mean, alignment doesn't matter for them (they're u8).

I was thinking of the packing for the overall struct, we have:

        unsigned int            max_mtu;
        unsigned short          type;
        unsigned short          hard_header_len;
        unsigned char           min_header_len;

+	unsigned char		upper_level, lower_level;

        unsigned short          needed_headroom;
        unsigned short          needed_tailroom;


Previously, there was a one byte hole at that spot due to a single
"unsigned char" (after something aligned at least 4 bytes) followed by
"unsigned short" - now you push that out a bit.

If you place the variables a bit lower, below "name_assign_type", you
probably fill a hole instead.

Check out the 'pahole' tool.

johannes