:..
:> is in host order and when it is in network order. It just needs to
:> stay in network order. Second, we need to abstract the m_sharecount()
:> function so it works with non-cluster extensions.
:
:I was thinking about that as well. What about copying (!) the
:interesting fields into the mbuf header itself and really making mbufs
:append/prepend only?
:
:Joerg
Well, we can't make them append/prepend only... significant manipulation
of mbufs occurs beyond field flipping.
I don't think we need to cache fields in host-form in the mbuf either.
ntohl() has an overhead of 2.5ns (or less).
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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