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author | Eyal Birger <[email protected]> | 2015-03-01 14:58:31 +0200 |
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committer | David S. Miller <[email protected]> | 2015-03-02 00:19:30 -0500 |
commit | 744d5a3e9fe2690dd85d9991dbb078301694658b (patch) | |
tree | e8e54af77636cf51a1146cd638275f940bfe3db9 /scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py | |
parent | 3bc3b96f3b455bd14a8ccd83ffffc85625aba641 (diff) |
net: move skb->dropcount to skb->cb[]
Commit 977750076d98 ("af_packet: add interframe drop cmsg (v6)")
unionized skb->mark and skb->dropcount in order to allow recording
of the socket drop count while maintaining struct sk_buff size.
skb->dropcount was introduced since there was no available room
in skb->cb[] in packet sockets. However, its introduction led to
the inability to export skb->mark, or any other aliased field to
userspace if so desired.
Moving the dropcount metric to skb->cb[] eliminates this problem
at the expense of 4 bytes less in skb->cb[] for protocol families
using it.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Birger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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