| To: | Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Avoid gettimeofday when not needed |
| From: | Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:50:20 +0200 |
| Cc: | ak@xxxxxx, vnuorval@xxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <406B001A.1030901@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:30:02 -0800 Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 05:24:47PM +0300, Ville Nuorvala wrote: > > > >>There just doesn't seem to be any general flag field in sk_buff that we > >>might use at this moment. Should one be added, or should we just hide the > >>flag inside the cb field using the likes of inet_skb_parm and > >>inet6_skb_parm? > > > > > > There are no free bits indeed. I think ->cb is the best choice then. > > Why not add a 32-bit field to the skb to handle various flag needs > going forward? That is what ->cb already is -Andi |
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