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remove an unnecessary field in struct tcp_skb_cb

Message ID 1226571707.18006.23.camel@nathan.suse.cz
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Petr Tesarik Nov. 13, 2008, 10:21 a.m. UTC
The urg_ptr field is not used anywhere and is merely confusing.

Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>

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 include/net/tcp.h     |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)



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Saikiran Madugula Nov. 13, 2008, 6:10 p.m. UTC | #1
Petr Tesarik wrote:
> The urg_ptr field is not used anywhere and is merely confusing.
> 
grep -r "urg_ptr" on my linux tree says otherwise.
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Andi Kleen Nov. 13, 2008, 7:57 p.m. UTC | #2
Saikiran Madugula <hummerbliss@gmail.com> writes:

> Petr Tesarik wrote:
>> The urg_ptr field is not used anywhere and is merely confusing.
>> 
> grep -r "urg_ptr" on my linux tree says otherwise.

I think you're confusing it with tcphdr's field of the same name.
Petr's patch is correct as far as I can see.

-Andi
David Miller Nov. 14, 2008, 6:55 a.m. UTC | #3
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:57:53 +0100

> Saikiran Madugula <hummerbliss@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Petr Tesarik wrote:
> >> The urg_ptr field is not used anywhere and is merely confusing.
> >> 
> > grep -r "urg_ptr" on my linux tree says otherwise.
> 
> I think you're confusing it with tcphdr's field of the same name.
> Petr's patch is correct as far as I can see.

Right, patch applied, thanks everyone.
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Patch

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 438014d..8f26b28 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@  struct tcp_skb_cb {
 #define TCPCB_EVER_RETRANS	0x80	/* Ever retransmitted frame	*/
 #define TCPCB_RETRANS		(TCPCB_SACKED_RETRANS|TCPCB_EVER_RETRANS)
 
-	__u16		urg_ptr;	/* Valid w/URG flags is set.	*/
 	__u32		ack_seq;	/* Sequence number ACK'd	*/
 };