Re: [PATCH] X25: Add ITU-T facilites

["linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@analogic.com>]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:

> Em Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 03:23:18PM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ?$B5HF#1QL@ escreveu:
>> In article <1129615767.3695.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> (at Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:09:27 +1000), Andrew Hendry <ahendry@tusc.com.au> says:
>>
>>> +/*
>>> +*     ITU DTE facilities
>>> +*     Only the called and calling address
>>> +*     extension are currently implemented.
>>> +*     The rest are in place to avoid the struct
>>> +*     changing size if someone needs them later
>>> ++ */
>>> +struct x25_dte_facilities {
>>> +	unsigned int    calling_len, called_len;
>>> +	char            calling_ae[20];
>>> +	char            called_ae[20];
>>> +	unsigned char   min_throughput;
>>> +	unsigned short  delay_cumul;
>>> +	unsigned short  delay_target;
>>> +	unsigned short  delay_max;
>>> +	unsigned char   expedited;
>>> +};
>>
>> Why don't you use fixed size members?
>> And we can eliminate 8bit hole.
>>
>> struct x25_dte_facilities {
>>      u32             calling_len
>>      u32             called_len;
>
> I guess the two above can be 'u8' as they refer to calling_ae and called_ae
> that at most will be '20'?
>
>>      u8              calling_ae[20];
>>      u8              called_ae[20];
>
> - Arnaldo

At the very least put the 32-bit in the beginning and 8-bit stuff at
the end so natural alignment occurs where possible.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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