Is there any particular reason why 'base' cannot be used as reference for computing offsets, instead of 'frame'?

Thanks,
Florin

On 04/02/2014 07:59 PM, Jarno Rajahalme wrote:
  struct ofpbuf {
      void *base;                 /* First byte of allocated space. */
      uint32_t allocated;         /* Number of bytes allocated. */
      uint32_t size;              /* Number of bytes in use. */
      void *data;                 /* First byte actually in use. */
- void *l2; /* Link-level header. */
-    uint16_t l2_5_ofs;          /* MPLS label stack offset from l2, or
+    void *frame;                /* Packet frame start, or NULL. */
+    uint16_t l2_5_ofs;          /* MPLS label stack offset from 'packet', or
                                   * UINT16_MAX */
-    uint16_t l3_ofs;            /* Network-level header offset from l2, or
-                                 * UINT16_MAX. */
-    uint16_t l4_ofs;            /* Transport-level header offset from l2, or
-                                   UINT16_MAX. */
+    uint16_t l3_ofs;            /* Network-level header offset from 'packet',
+                                   or UINT16_MAX. */
+    uint16_t l4_ofs;            /* Transport-level header offset from 'packet',
+                                   or UINT16_MAX. */
      enum ofpbuf_source source;  /* Source of memory allocated as 'base'. */
      struct list list_node;      /* Private list element for use by owner. */
  };

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