[PATCH] mac80211: conserve stack space due to padding

This patch reorders some fields in struct ieee802_11_elems to save 17*7
or 17*3 bytes (on 64/32-bit machines respectively) stack space in a few
functions.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
index 91b545c..f3ca837 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
@@ -76,33 +76,36 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_config_auth(struct net_device *dev,
 
 /* Parsed Information Elements */
 struct ieee802_11_elems {
+       /* pointers to IEs */
        u8 *ssid;
-       u8 ssid_len;
        u8 *supp_rates;
-       u8 supp_rates_len;
        u8 *fh_params;
-       u8 fh_params_len;
        u8 *ds_params;
-       u8 ds_params_len;
        u8 *cf_params;
-       u8 cf_params_len;
        u8 *tim;
-       u8 tim_len;
        u8 *ibss_params;
-       u8 ibss_params_len;
        u8 *challenge;
-       u8 challenge_len;
        u8 *wpa;
-       u8 wpa_len;
        u8 *rsn;
-       u8 rsn_len;
        u8 *erp_info;
-       u8 erp_info_len;
        u8 *ext_supp_rates;
-       u8 ext_supp_rates_len;
        u8 *wmm_info;
-       u8 wmm_info_len;
        u8 *wmm_param;
+
+       /* length of them, respectively */
+       u8 ssid_len;
+       u8 supp_rates_len;
+       u8 fh_params_len;
+       u8 ds_params_len;
+       u8 cf_params_len;
+       u8 tim_len;
+       u8 ibss_params_len;
+       u8 challenge_len;
+       u8 wpa_len;
+       u8 rsn_len;
+       u8 erp_info_len;
+       u8 ext_supp_rates_len;
+       u8 wmm_info_len;
        u8 wmm_param_len;
 };