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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org,
	gregkh@suse.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/24] ath6kl: add core.h
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:29:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1310531354.1143.27.camel@Joe-Laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110713013355.8517.6083.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6>

On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 04:33 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: 
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h
[] 
> +/* Pkt log info */
> +struct pkt_log {
> +	struct info {
> +		__le16 st;
> +		__le16 end;
> +		__le16 cur;
> +	} info[4096];
> +	__le16 last_idx;
> +} __packed;

pretty big struct.

> +struct skb_hold_q {
> +	struct sk_buff *skb;
> +	bool is_amsdu;
> +	u16 seq_no;
> +};

Maybe all the structs could be inspected for alignment
and possible packing appropriateness?

struct sk_buff *skb;
u16 seq_no;
bool is_amsdu;
?

> +struct ath6kl_sta {
> +	u16 sta_flags;
> +	u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
> +	u8 aid;
> +	u8 keymgmt;
> +	u8 ucipher;
> +	u8 auth;
> +	u8 wpa_ie[IEEE80211_MAX_IE];
> +	struct sk_buff_head psq;
> +	spinlock_t psq_lock;
> +};

> +struct target_stats {
[] 
> +	s32 tx_ucast_rate;
> +	s32 rx_ucast_rate;
> +
> +	u32 lq_val;
> +
> +	u32 wow_pkt_dropped;
> +	u16 wow_evt_discarded;
> +
> +	s16 noise_floor_calib;
> +	s16 cs_rssi;
> +	s16 cs_ave_beacon_rssi;
[] aligned OK 
> +	u8 cs_ave_beacon_snr;
> +	u8 cs_last_roam_msec;
> +	u8 cs_snr;
> +
> +	u8 wow_host_pkt_wakeups;
> +	u8 wow_host_evt_wakeups;
> +

typically pad is inserted here.

> +	u32 arp_received;
> +	u32 arp_matched;
> +	u32 arp_replied;
> +};

maybe move the u32's up after lq_val?

etc.




  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-13  4:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-13  1:32 [PATCH 00/24] ath6kl cleaned up driver Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:33 ` [PATCH 01/24] ath6kl: add bmi.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  4:28   ` Joe Perches
2011-07-13  7:08     ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13 12:19       ` Joe Perches
2011-07-14  6:46         ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-14  7:33           ` Joe Perches
2011-07-14  7:38             ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:33 ` [PATCH 02/24] ath6kl: add bmi.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:33 ` [PATCH 03/24] ath6kl: add cfg80211.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  4:29   ` Joe Perches
2011-07-13  7:22     ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:33 ` [PATCH 04/24] ath6kl: add cfg80211.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:33 ` [PATCH 05/24] ath6kl: add common.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:33 ` [PATCH 06/24] ath6kl: add core.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  4:29   ` Joe Perches [this message]
2011-07-13  7:41     ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:34 ` [PATCH 07/24] ath6kl: add debug.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  4:29   ` Joe Perches
2011-07-13  1:34 ` [PATCH 08/24] ath6kl: add debug.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:34 ` [PATCH 09/24] ath6kl: add hif-ops.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:34 ` [PATCH 10/24] ath6kl: add hif.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:34 ` [PATCH 11/24] ath6kl: add htc.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  4:30   ` Joe Perches
2011-07-13  7:46     ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13 12:33       ` Joe Perches
2011-07-13 13:38         ` Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
2011-07-13  1:34 ` [PATCH 12/24] ath6kl: add htc.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:35 ` [PATCH 13/24] ath6kl: add htc_hif.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:35 ` [PATCH 14/24] ath6kl: add htc_hif.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:35 ` [PATCH 15/24] ath6kl: add ieee80211.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  7:29   ` Johannes Berg
2011-07-13  8:25     ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:35 ` [PATCH 16/24] ath6kl: add init.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:35 ` [PATCH 17/24] ath6kl: add main.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  4:30   ` Joe Perches
2011-07-13  8:18     ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:35 ` [PATCH 18/24] ath6kl: add node.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:36 ` [PATCH 19/24] ath6kl: add sdio.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:36 ` [PATCH 20/24] ath6kl: add target.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:36 ` [PATCH 21/24] ath6kl: add txrx.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  4:31   ` Joe Perches
2011-07-13  8:21     ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  8:23       ` Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:36 ` [PATCH 22/24] ath6kl: add wmi.c Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:36 ` [PATCH 23/24] ath6kl: add wmi.h Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  1:37 ` [PATCH 24/24] ath6kl: add Kconfig and Makefile Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  8:34 ` [PATCH 00/24] ath6kl cleaned up driver Kalle Valo
2011-07-13  9:22 ` Dan Carpenter
2011-07-13  9:28   ` Johannes Berg
2011-07-13  9:34     ` Dan Carpenter
2011-07-13  9:41       ` Johannes Berg
2011-07-13  9:33   ` Dan Carpenter
2011-07-13 10:04   ` Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
2011-07-14 10:06 ` Dan Carpenter
2011-07-14 10:35   ` Kalle Valo

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