On 09/03/2014 05:49 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote: > Add markers or "labels" at given points inside the mbuf which can be > used instead of individual fields to identify the start of logical > sections inside the mbuf. > > The use of typedefs and dummy fields was chosen over using unions > because of a couple reasons: > * unions cause an extra level of indentation (more likely two levels as > a union containing a struct for multiple fields would be needed). This > makes the lines longer than they need to be and increases the need for > wrapping. [This was the main reason] > * with markers, you can apply multiple markers at the same point if > wanted. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
