[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/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 69e80bd..efe01df 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
return 1;
}
- paddr = ((struct rtable*)skb->dst)->rt_gateway;
+ paddr = skb->rtable->rt_gateway;
if (arp_set_predefined(inet_addr_type(&init_net, paddr), haddr, paddr, dev))
return 0;
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@
if (arp->ar_op == htons(ARPOP_REQUEST) &&
ip_route_input(skb, tip, sip, 0, dev) == 0) {
- rt = (struct rtable*)skb->dst;
+ rt = skb->rtable;
addr_type = rt->rt_type;
if (addr_type == RTN_LOCAL) {
