[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/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 514a40b..17ad69e 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct rtable *rt;
- struct flowi fl = { .oif = ((struct rtable *)skb->dst)->rt_iif,
+ struct flowi fl = { .oif = skb->rtable->rt_iif,
.nl_u = { .ip4_u =
{ .daddr = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr,
.saddr = ip_hdr(skb)->daddr,
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
if (dccp_hdr(rxskb)->dccph_type == DCCP_PKT_RESET)
return;
- if (((struct rtable *)rxskb->dst)->rt_type != RTN_LOCAL)
+ if (rxskb->rtable->rt_type != RTN_LOCAL)
return;
dst = dccp_v4_route_skb(dccp_v4_ctl_socket->sk, rxskb);
@@ -563,8 +563,7 @@
struct dccp_skb_cb *dcb = DCCP_SKB_CB(skb);
/* Never answer to DCCP_PKT_REQUESTs send to broadcast or multicast */
- if (((struct rtable *)skb->dst)->rt_flags &
- (RTCF_BROADCAST | RTCF_MULTICAST))
+ if (skb->rtable->rt_flags & (RTCF_BROADCAST | RTCF_MULTICAST))
return 0; /* discard, don't send a reset here */
if (dccp_bad_service_code(sk, service)) {