[PATCH] mac80211: conserve stack space due to padding
This patch reorders some fields in struct ieee802_11_elems to save 17*7
or 17*3 bytes (on 64/32-bit machines respectively) stack space in a few
functions.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
index 91b545c..f3ca837 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
@@ -76,33 +76,36 @@
/* Parsed Information Elements */
struct ieee802_11_elems {
+ /* pointers to IEs */
u8 *ssid;
- u8 ssid_len;
u8 *supp_rates;
- u8 supp_rates_len;
u8 *fh_params;
- u8 fh_params_len;
u8 *ds_params;
- u8 ds_params_len;
u8 *cf_params;
- u8 cf_params_len;
u8 *tim;
- u8 tim_len;
u8 *ibss_params;
- u8 ibss_params_len;
u8 *challenge;
- u8 challenge_len;
u8 *wpa;
- u8 wpa_len;
u8 *rsn;
- u8 rsn_len;
u8 *erp_info;
- u8 erp_info_len;
u8 *ext_supp_rates;
- u8 ext_supp_rates_len;
u8 *wmm_info;
- u8 wmm_info_len;
u8 *wmm_param;
+
+ /* length of them, respectively */
+ u8 ssid_len;
+ u8 supp_rates_len;
+ u8 fh_params_len;
+ u8 ds_params_len;
+ u8 cf_params_len;
+ u8 tim_len;
+ u8 ibss_params_len;
+ u8 challenge_len;
+ u8 wpa_len;
+ u8 rsn_len;
+ u8 erp_info_len;
+ u8 ext_supp_rates_len;
+ u8 wmm_info_len;
u8 wmm_param_len;
};