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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:32:22 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@freebsd.org>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 0e58542fd246 - main - tcp: remove unused field from  struct tcpcb
Message-ID:  <p572qp23-32pn-1soo-s9q9-04q6o7p0058p@serrofq.bet>
In-Reply-To: <Z7-p9krDX93KSnsz@cell.glebi.us>
References:  <202502252048.51PKm4YX061305@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <r6pqp489-s4oq-0p8q-6r68-3931pss41s33@SerrOFQ.bet> <Z7-p9krDX93KSnsz@cell.glebi.us>

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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 02:23:46AM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> B> > --- a/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h
> B> > +++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h
> B> > @@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ struct tcpcb {
> B> > 	tcp_seq gput_seq;		/* Outbound measurement seq */
> B> > 	tcp_seq gput_ack;		/* Inbound measurement ack */
> B> > 	int32_t t_stats_gput_prev;	/* XXXLAS: Prev gput measurement */
> B> > -	uint32_t t_maxpeakrate;		/* max peak rate set by user, bytes/s */
> B>
> B> Is the tcpcb no longer KBI relevant these days?
> B> In the old days we'd simply make this a spare and not move all offsets
> B> below around.
>
> In the old days tcpcb was visible to userland, that's why there was
> the spare habit.

Yes, the problem really was with uitilities such as netstat.

But I see you solved that ages ago with struct xtcpcb which has tons
of spares to avoid that problem.

Sorry for the noise.
/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7



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