Re: [PATCH 0/4] powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: drop local versions of network data structs

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Luis Henriques
<luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Several network-related data structures are defined in gelic_udbg.
> These could be easily dropped and the standard ones defined in network
> headers could be used instead.
>
> The 4 patches that follow replace ethernet, vlan, ip and udp
> structures in gelic_udbg.  Note that this has been compile-tested
> only.

A few of these were declared __packed in the gelic driver, while that
attribute isn't used for the standard definitions.

It probably doesn't make a difference, as there are no gaps in the structures
when unpacked, unless pointers to the structures themselves are unaligned.

> Luis Henriques (4):
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct ethhdr from <linux/if_ether.h>
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct vlan_hdr from <linux/if_vlan.h>
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct iphdr from <linux/ip.h>
>   powerpc/ps3: gelic_udbg: use struct udphdr from <linux/udp.h>
>
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/gelic_udbg.c | 71 +++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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