Re: [1/2] [NET] Add skb_header_release and use it in net/ipv4/tcp

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Subject:	Re: [1/2] [NET] Add skb_header_release and use it in net/ipv4/tcp
From:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:50:09 -0800
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Re: [1/2] [NET] Add skb_header_release and use it in net/ipv4/tcp

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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:17:40 +1100
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds skb_header_release which can be called when the owner
> of an skb no longer needs to access the header at all.  What constitutes
> the header is left up to the users of the skb to define.
> 
> For instance, for outbound TCP packets we define the header to be
> anything in front of the TCP payload.  Therefore we add skb_header_release
> calls to all the paths where outound TCP packets are produced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Queued to 2.6.12-pending

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