+/*
+ * The opaque field of the vlib_buffer_t is intepreted as a
+ * vnet_buffer_opaque_t. Hence it should be big enough to accommodate one.
+ */
+STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (vnet_buffer_opaque_t) <= STRUCT_SIZE_OF (vlib_buffer_t,
+ opaque),
+ "VNET buffer meta-data too large for vlib_buffer");
+