Re: [Q.] sk_buff headroom size increases by 16, why?

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 07:09:47 EST

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On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:13:39 +0900 (KST),
Blusjune Jung <blusjune@yahoo.com> wrote:
> headroom = (headroom+15)&~15; // <-- point of interest
>I think that the code indicated by left arrow means increment of headroom size by 16.

No, it aligns headroom to a 16 byte boundary to get better access
patterns.

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