Hi!
On 08:41 Sun 14 Aug , ?????? wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please tell me the difference between using unsigned short and __be16
> to declear a variable in a data structure.
> For example, in include/net/inet_sock.h, struct inet_sock is decleared as
>
> struct inet_sock {
> __be16 inet_dport;
> };
>
> not
>
> struct inet_sock {
> unsigned short inet_dport;
> };
This is mostly to avoid confusion about where byte order conversation has to
be done. When reading "unsigned short" you would normally expect the variable
to contain host byte order.
-Michi
--
programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks
see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com
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