batman-adv: fix header alignment by unrolling batadv_header
The size of the batadv_header of 3 is problematic on some architectures
which automatically pad all structures to a 32 bit boundary. To not lose
performance by packing this struct, better embed it into the various
host structures.
Reported-by: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/packet.h b/net/batman-adv/packet.h
index 10597a6..175ce7d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/packet.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/packet.h
@@ -164,23 +164,18 @@
__be16 group; /* group id */
};
-struct batadv_header {
- uint8_t packet_type;
- uint8_t version; /* batman version field */
- uint8_t ttl;
- /* the parent struct has to add a byte after the header to make
- * everything 4 bytes aligned again
- */
-};
-
/**
* struct batadv_ogm_packet - ogm (routing protocol) packet
- * @header: common batman packet header
+ * @packet_type: batman-adv packet type, part of the general header
+ * @version: batman-adv protocol version, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttl: time to live for this packet, part of the genereal header
* @flags: contains routing relevant flags - see enum batadv_iv_flags
* @tvlv_len: length of tvlv data following the ogm header
*/
struct batadv_ogm_packet {
- struct batadv_header header;
+ uint8_t packet_type;
+ uint8_t version;
+ uint8_t ttl;
uint8_t flags;
__be32 seqno;
uint8_t orig[ETH_ALEN];
@@ -197,14 +192,18 @@
/**
* batadv_icmp_header - common ICMP header
- * @header: common batman header
+ * @packet_type: batman-adv packet type, part of the general header
+ * @version: batman-adv protocol version, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttl: time to live for this packet, part of the genereal header
* @msg_type: ICMP packet type
* @dst: address of the destination node
* @orig: address of the source node
* @uid: local ICMP socket identifier
*/
struct batadv_icmp_header {
- struct batadv_header header;
+ uint8_t packet_type;
+ uint8_t version;
+ uint8_t ttl;
uint8_t msg_type; /* see ICMP message types above */
uint8_t dst[ETH_ALEN];
uint8_t orig[ETH_ALEN];
@@ -253,8 +252,18 @@
*/
#pragma pack(2)
+/**
+ * struct batadv_unicast_packet - unicast packet for network payload
+ * @packet_type: batman-adv packet type, part of the general header
+ * @version: batman-adv protocol version, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttl: time to live for this packet, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttvn: translation table version number
+ * @dest: originator destination of the unicast packet
+ */
struct batadv_unicast_packet {
- struct batadv_header header;
+ uint8_t packet_type;
+ uint8_t version;
+ uint8_t ttl;
uint8_t ttvn; /* destination translation table version number */
uint8_t dest[ETH_ALEN];
/* "4 bytes boundary + 2 bytes" long to make the payload after the
@@ -280,7 +289,9 @@
/**
* struct batadv_frag_packet - fragmented packet
- * @header: common batman packet header with type, compatversion, and ttl
+ * @packet_type: batman-adv packet type, part of the general header
+ * @version: batman-adv protocol version, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttl: time to live for this packet, part of the genereal header
* @dest: final destination used when routing fragments
* @orig: originator of the fragment used when merging the packet
* @no: fragment number within this sequence
@@ -289,7 +300,9 @@
* @total_size: size of the merged packet
*/
struct batadv_frag_packet {
- struct batadv_header header;
+ uint8_t packet_type;
+ uint8_t version; /* batman version field */
+ uint8_t ttl;
#if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
uint8_t no:4;
uint8_t reserved:4;
@@ -305,8 +318,19 @@
__be16 total_size;
};
+/**
+ * struct batadv_bcast_packet - broadcast packet for network payload
+ * @packet_type: batman-adv packet type, part of the general header
+ * @version: batman-adv protocol version, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttl: time to live for this packet, part of the genereal header
+ * @reserved: reserved byte for alignment
+ * @seqno: sequence identification
+ * @orig: originator of the broadcast packet
+ */
struct batadv_bcast_packet {
- struct batadv_header header;
+ uint8_t packet_type;
+ uint8_t version; /* batman version field */
+ uint8_t ttl;
uint8_t reserved;
__be32 seqno;
uint8_t orig[ETH_ALEN];
@@ -317,7 +341,9 @@
/**
* struct batadv_coded_packet - network coded packet
- * @header: common batman packet header and ttl of first included packet
+ * @packet_type: batman-adv packet type, part of the general header
+ * @version: batman-adv protocol version, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttl: time to live for this packet, part of the genereal header
* @reserved: Align following fields to 2-byte boundaries
* @first_source: original source of first included packet
* @first_orig_dest: original destinal of first included packet
@@ -332,7 +358,9 @@
* @coded_len: length of network coded part of the payload
*/
struct batadv_coded_packet {
- struct batadv_header header;
+ uint8_t packet_type;
+ uint8_t version; /* batman version field */
+ uint8_t ttl;
uint8_t first_ttvn;
/* uint8_t first_dest[ETH_ALEN]; - saved in mac header destination */
uint8_t first_source[ETH_ALEN];
@@ -351,7 +379,9 @@
/**
* struct batadv_unicast_tvlv - generic unicast packet with tvlv payload
- * @header: common batman packet header
+ * @packet_type: batman-adv packet type, part of the general header
+ * @version: batman-adv protocol version, part of the genereal header
+ * @ttl: time to live for this packet, part of the genereal header
* @reserved: reserved field (for packet alignment)
* @src: address of the source
* @dst: address of the destination
@@ -359,7 +389,9 @@
* @align: 2 bytes to align the header to a 4 byte boundry
*/
struct batadv_unicast_tvlv_packet {
- struct batadv_header header;
+ uint8_t packet_type;
+ uint8_t version; /* batman version field */
+ uint8_t ttl;
uint8_t reserved;
uint8_t dst[ETH_ALEN];
uint8_t src[ETH_ALEN];