Re: [PATCH] Avoid gettimeofday when not needed

[Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andi Kleen wrote:

> > Why not add a 32-bit field to the skb to handle various flag needs
> > going forward?
>
>
> That is what ->cb already is

From the comments, it appears each layer can write over these,
and since it's just a block of bytes, it is difficult to understand
what each bit/field is used for.

It still seems to me that a bit-field with well defined
flags is more useful.

Ben

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