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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
index 19b6dea27367..2bc75c167f00 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
@@ -20,13 +20,19 @@ struct bio_vec;
struct rpc_rqst;
/*
+ * Size of an XDR encoding unit in bytes, i.e. 32 bits,
+ * as defined in Section 3 of RFC 4506. All encoded
+ * XDR data items are aligned on a boundary of 32 bits.
+ */
+#define XDR_UNIT sizeof(__be32)
+
+/*
* Buffer adjustment
*/
#define XDR_QUADLEN(l) (((l) + 3) >> 2)
/*
- * Generic opaque `network object.' At the kernel level, this type
- * is used only by lockd.
+ * Generic opaque `network object.'
*/
#define XDR_MAX_NETOBJ 1024
struct xdr_netobj {
@@ -330,7 +336,7 @@ ssize_t xdr_stream_decode_string_dup(struct xdr_stream *xdr, char **str,
static inline size_t
xdr_align_size(size_t n)
{
- const size_t mask = sizeof(__u32) - 1;
+ const size_t mask = XDR_UNIT - 1;
return (n + mask) & ~mask;
}
@@ -360,7 +366,7 @@ static inline size_t xdr_pad_size(size_t n)
*/
static inline ssize_t xdr_stream_encode_item_present(struct xdr_stream *xdr)
{
- const size_t len = sizeof(__be32);
+ const size_t len = XDR_UNIT;
__be32 *p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, len);
if (unlikely(!p))
@@ -379,7 +385,7 @@ static inline ssize_t xdr_stream_encode_item_present(struct xdr_stream *xdr)
*/
static inline int xdr_stream_encode_item_absent(struct xdr_stream *xdr)
{
- const size_t len = sizeof(__be32);
+ const size_t len = XDR_UNIT;
__be32 *p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, len);
if (unlikely(!p))