netfilter: xtables: change hotdrop pointer to direct modification
Since xt_action_param is writable, let's use it. The pointer to
'bool hotdrop' always worried (8 bytes (64-bit) to write 1 byte!).
Surprisingly results in a reduction in size:
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5457066 692730 357892 vmlinux.o-prev
5456554 692730 357892 vmlinux.o
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index 290d435..59ca00e 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -186,13 +186,12 @@
struct ebt_entries *chaininfo;
const char *base;
const struct ebt_table_info *private;
- bool hotdrop = false;
struct xt_action_param acpar;
acpar.family = NFPROTO_BRIDGE;
acpar.in = in;
acpar.out = out;
- acpar.hotdrop = &hotdrop;
+ acpar.hotdrop = false;
acpar.hooknum = hook;
read_lock_bh(&table->lock);
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@
if (EBT_MATCH_ITERATE(point, ebt_do_match, skb, &acpar) != 0)
goto letscontinue;
- if (hotdrop) {
+ if (acpar.hotdrop) {
read_unlock_bh(&table->lock);
return NF_DROP;
}