Hi David,

David Miller schrieb:
> "inet_timewait_sock" begins with a "struct sock_common"
> which is where the atomic_t is, and:
> 
> #define tw_refcnt		__tw_common.skc_refcnt
> 
> So you would have to change struct sock_common over to kref, and thus
> the entire networking, in order to make such a change.

Ok, that sounds too much. Many thanks for following up and taking the time
to explain it.
 
> But you would have seen this instantly if you had spent 5 seconds
> looking at how these datastructures are defined.  Instead you choose
> to make me do it and explain it to you instead.

Sorry, just matched the wrong pattern here :-)


Best Regards

Ingo Oeser