From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Dumazet Subject: Re: [PATCH] UDPCP Communication Protocol Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:35:12 +0100 Message-ID: <1293791712.2973.38.camel@edumazet-laptop> References: <1293787785-3834-1-git-send-email-stefani@seibold.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: stefani@seibold.net Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1293787785-3834-1-git-send-email-stefani@seibold.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Le vendredi 31 d=C3=A9cembre 2010 =C3=A0 10:29 +0100, stefani@seibold.n= et a =C3=A9crit : > /* > + * set a flag for UDPCP message > + */ > + skb->cb[sizeof(struct udp_skb_cb)] =3D 1; Dont do that. This hides an important thing : you use one extra byte in skb->cb[] without being explicit. As we have one byte hole in struct udp_skb_cbn, you could use it instead. diff --git a/include/net/udp.h b/include/net/udp.h index bb967dd..ceafbbf 100644 --- a/include/net/udp.h +++ b/include/net/udp.h @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct udp_skb_cb { } header; __u16 cscov; __u8 partial_cov; + __u8 udpcp_flag; }; #define UDP_SKB_CB(__skb) ((struct udp_skb_cb *)((__skb)->cb)) =20