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    openvswitch: Compact sw_flow_key. · 1139e241
    Jarno Rajahalme authored
    Minimize padding in sw_flow_key and move 'tp' top the main struct.
    These changes simplify code when accessing the transport port numbers
    and the tcp flags, and makes the sw_flow_key 8 bytes smaller on 64-bit
    systems (128->120 bytes).  These changes also make the keys for IPv4
    packets to fit in one cache line.
    
    There is a valid concern for safety of packing the struct
    ovs_key_ipv4_tunnel, as it would be possible to take the address of
    the tun_id member as a __be64 * which could result in unaligned access
    in some systems. However:
    
    - sw_flow_key itself is 64-bit aligned, so the tun_id within is
      always
      64-bit aligned.
    - We never make arrays of ovs_key_ipv4_tunnel (which would force
      every
      second tun_key to be misaligned).
    - We never take the address of the tun_id in to a __be64 *.
    - Whereever we use struct ovs_key_ipv4_tunnel outside the
      sw_flow_key,
      it is in stack (on tunnel input functions), where compiler has full
      control of the alignment.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
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