Re: [PATCH 3/7] tcp_conn: Avoid 7-bit hole in struct tcp_splice_conn

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 05:55:00AM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
...
  On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:44:19 +1100
 David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
 
  On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 08:33:40AM +0100, Stefano
Brivio wrote:
  On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:02:09 +1100
 David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
   
  On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 07:48:33AM +0100, Stefano
Brivio wrote:  
 > On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:53:09 +1100
 > David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
 >     
 > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 12:15:28AM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:    
 > > > Moving in_epoll out of the common flow data created a 7-bit hole in
 > > > struct tcp_splice_conn: repack by shrinking @flags by one (otherwise
 > > > unused) bit.      
 > > 
 > > Is this actually necessary for the migration stuff?  Or just a cleanup
 > > you spotted along the way?    
 > 
 > I thought it was helpful to keep the same size on 32-bit, but it looks
 > like it's not actually needed.
 > 
 > Let me drop it from this series as it's just noise and I'm trying to
 > keep this slim. If we are all happy with it I can apply it. If not I'll
 > forget about it.    
 
 Eh, I don't care that much either way.
 
 Note, btw, that bit-field packing is another way source and
 destination could potentially have mismatching data structures.  IIUC
 bit field packing is described by the ABI and doesn't necessarily
 match the byte endianness.   
 
 Right, that's actually the reason that brought me to this change: I was
 comparing stuff between x86_64 and armv6l. On the other hand, this part
 of the specific ABI is generally considered stable so I can rely on it.   
 
 Uhh.. a specific ABI is stable, yes, but IIUC the whole point of these
 endian, word size etc. checks is that you're not counting on it being
 an identical ABI at each end. 
 
 Of course. I'm just saying that I can *rely on ABIs*. Not on them being
 the same.
 
  I'm saying the bit field packing is another
way the ABIs at each end
 could differ 
 
 It does.
 
  which is not currently accounted for. 
 
 That's because I have two hands, but obviously if I'm comparing ABIs... 
Ok, fair enough.

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