| To: | Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Handle shared SKBs in VLAN receive code |
| From: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:03:39 -0700 |
| Cc: | tommy.christensen@xxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <3F885418.3090407@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:03:52 -0700 Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe we should have a method called: > skb_get_me_an_skb_that_I_can_modify(skb); > > Then the subtle differences between sharing, cloning, etc can be handled > by the skb code internally... We can't create this routine, because it depends upon context. The current code is correct and handles shared SKBs properly, so I don't think it's worth playing around with this much more. |
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