* Andrew Gallatin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020711 11:32] wrote: > > Alfred Perlstein writes: > > Some time ago I noticed that there appeared to be several members > > of struct socket that were either only used by listen sockets or > > only used by data sockets. > > > > I've taken a stab at unionizing the members and we wind up saving > > 28 bytes per socket on i386, and probably nearly double that on > > any 64 bit platform. That's ~15%, which isn't too shabby. > > > > Speaking of 64-bit platforms: While you are shrinking sockets, can > you change the longs in struct sockbuf into ints? I see no reason > to use 64-bit longs for those fields. That should dramatically shrink > a socket on 64-bit platforms.
Wollman pointed out that I can't do what I wanted to because of self-connecting sockets. However you should feel free to commit that change yourself. -- -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
