Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/7] net: packet: use skb->dev as storage for skb orig len instead of skb->cb[]

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From: Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:07:01 +0200

> As part of an effort to move skb->dropcount to skb->cb[], 4 bytes
> of additional room are needed in skb->cb[] in packet sockets.
> 
> Store the skb original length in skb->dev instead of skb->cb[] for
> this purpose.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@xxxxxxxxx>

I'm a little confused, why is this even needed?

packet_skb_cb is 24 bytes by my calculations, which is much
smaller than the cb[] size which is 48 bytes.
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