From: Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:23:05 -0400
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 08:31:45PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > > From: Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:04:51 +0200 > > > > > The only real in-tree user of nfcache was IPVS, who only needs a single > > > bit. Unfortunately I couldn't find some other free bit in sk_buff to > > > stuff that bit into, so I introduced a separate field for them. Maybe > > > the IPVS guys can resolve that to further save space. > > > > I think we must resolve this one before 2.6.14 goes out, which > > gives us a lot of time, but for now I'll eat that one-bit member. > > Well, I hope IPVS people will take care of this. I don't really know > that code too well... Ok, I might take a look at this myself. > > > Initially I wanted to shrink pkt_type to three bits (PACKET_HOST and > > > alike are only 6 values defined), but unfortunately the bluetooth code > > > overloads pkt_type :( > > > > This also must be cured somehow, that really isn't a clean nor nice > > usage of this field. > > I just ran into Marcel Holtmann earlier today. He thinks moving that > data into the cb is fine, though he has to double-check that. > > He also said that he really only needs 5 bits, so even if the current > pkt_type overloading would persist, we could probably shrink it to make > space for the IPVS bit. Ok, sounds great. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
