[IPV4]: Add 'rtable' field in struct sk_buff to alias 'dst' and avoid casts
(Anonymous) unions can help us to avoid ugly casts.
A common cast it the (struct rtable *)skb->dst one.
Defining an union like :
union {
struct dst_entry *dst;
struct rtable *rtable;
};
permits to use skb->rtable in place.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index e7821ba..f9ee844 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
if (ipv4_is_multicast(iph->daddr)) {
/* Looped back packet, drop it! */
- if (((struct rtable*)skb->dst)->fl.iif == 0)
+ if (skb->rtable->fl.iif == 0)
goto drop;
tunnel->stat.multicast++;
skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
}
if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
- rt = (struct rtable*)skb->dst;
+ rt = skb->rtable;
if ((dst = rt->rt_gateway) == 0)
goto tx_error_icmp;
}