Re: [PATCH] UDPCP Communication Protocol

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Fri Dec 31 2010 - 05:35:23 EST


Le vendredi 31 dÃcembre 2010 Ã 10:29 +0100, stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx a
Ãcrit :
> /*
> + * set a flag for UDPCP message
> + */
> + skb->cb[sizeof(struct udp_skb_cb)] = 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))



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