On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:38:41 +0100 Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We currently use a special structure (struct skb_timeval) and plain 'struct > timeval' to store packet timestamps in sk_buffs and struct sock. > > This has some drawbacks : > - Fixed resolution of micro second. > - Waste of space on 64bit platforms where sizeof(struct timeval)=16 > > I suggest using ktime_t that is a nice abstraction of high resolution time > services, currently capable of nanosecond resolution. > > As sizeof(ktime_t) is 8 bytes, using ktime_t in 'struct sock' permits a 8 > byte > shrink of this structure on 64bit architectures. Some other structures also > benefit from this size reduction (struct ipq in ipv4/ip_fragment.c, struct > frag_queue in ipv6/reassembly.c, ...) This is even better. Also comparing ktime_t's is easier if some code needs to do that. - 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
