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authorHarald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>2005-08-09 19:24:19 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2005-08-29 15:31:04 -0700
commit6869c4d8e066e21623c812c448a05f1ed931c9c6 (patch)
treece18efc459e121e3a0b1bf5f85615567cdb30f68 /include
parentbf3a46aa9b96f6eb3a49a568f72a2801c3e830c0 (diff)
[NETFILTER]: reduce netfilter sk_buff enlargement
As discussed at netconf'05, we're trying to save every bit in sk_buff. The patch below makes sk_buff 8 bytes smaller. I did some basic testing on my notebook and it seems to work. The only real in-tree user of nfcache was IPVS, who only needs a single bit. Unfortunately I couldn't find some other free bit in sk_buff to stuff that bit into, so I introduced a separate field for them. Maybe the IPVS guys can resolve that to further save space. Initially I wanted to shrink pkt_type to three bits (PACKET_HOST and alike are only 6 values defined), but unfortunately the bluetooth code overloads pkt_type :( The conntrack-event-api (out-of-tree) uses nfcache, but Rusty just came up with a way how to do it without any skb fields, so it's safe to remove it. - remove all never-implemented 'nfcache' code - don't have ipvs code abuse 'nfcache' field. currently get's their own compile-conditional skb->ipvs_property field. IPVS maintainers can decide to move this bit elswhere, but nfcache needs to die. - remove skb->nfcache field to save 4 bytes - move skb->nfctinfo into three unused bits to save further 4 bytes Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter_decnet.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter_ipv4.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h10
5 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter.h b/include/linux/netfilter.h
index 2e2045482cb1..ec60856408fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter.h
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
#define NF_STOP 5
#define NF_MAX_VERDICT NF_STOP
+/* only for userspace compatibility */
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
/* Generic cache responses from hook functions.
<= 0x2000 is used for protocol-flags. */
#define NFC_UNKNOWN 0x4000
#define NFC_ALTERED 0x8000
+#endif
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/config.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter_decnet.h b/include/linux/netfilter_decnet.h
index 3064eec9cb8e..018979484150 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter_decnet.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter_decnet.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
#include <linux/netfilter.h>
+/* only for userspace compatibility */
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
/* IP Cache bits. */
/* Src IP address. */
#define NFC_DN_SRC 0x0001
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@
#define NFC_DN_IF_IN 0x0004
/* Output device. */
#define NFC_DN_IF_OUT 0x0008
+#endif /* ! __KERNEL__ */
/* DECnet Hooks */
/* After promisc drops, checksum checks. */
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4.h b/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4.h
index 3ebc36afae1a..552815b8193e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/netfilter.h>
+/* only for userspace compatibility */
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
/* IP Cache bits. */
/* Src IP address. */
#define NFC_IP_SRC 0x0001
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
#define NFC_IP_DST_PT 0x0400
/* Something else about the proto */
#define NFC_IP_PROTO_UNKNOWN 0x2000
+#endif /* ! __KERNEL__ */
/* IP Hooks */
/* After promisc drops, checksum checks. */
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h b/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h
index bee7a5ec7c66..20c069a5e4ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#include <linux/netfilter.h>
+/* only for userspace compatibility */
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
/* IP Cache bits. */
/* Src IP address. */
#define NFC_IP6_SRC 0x0001
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
#define NFC_IP6_DST_PT 0x0400
/* Something else about the proto */
#define NFC_IP6_PROTO_UNKNOWN 0x2000
+#endif /* ! __KERNEL__ */
/* IP6 Hooks */
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 2e40f4c9f7a6..4b929c3c1a98 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ struct skb_shared_info {
* @end: End pointer
* @destructor: Destruct function
* @nfmark: Can be used for communication between hooks
- * @nfcache: Cache info
* @nfct: Associated connection, if any
* @nfctinfo: Relationship of this skb to the connection
* @nf_bridge: Saved data about a bridged frame - see br_netfilter.c
@@ -252,17 +251,18 @@ struct sk_buff {
__u8 local_df:1,
cloned:1,
ip_summed:2,
- nohdr:1;
- /* 3 bits spare */
+ nohdr:1,
+ nfctinfo:3;
__u8 pkt_type;
__be16 protocol;
void (*destructor)(struct sk_buff *skb);
#ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER
__u32 nfmark;
- __u32 nfcache;
- __u32 nfctinfo;
struct nf_conntrack *nfct;
+#if defined(CONFIG_IP_VS) || defined(CONFIG_IP_VS_MODULE)
+ __u8 ipvs_property:1;
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER
struct nf_bridge_info *nf_bridge;
#endif