linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 22/25] xen: xen-netfront: use skb.cb for storing private data

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:45:28 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/25] xen: xen-netfront: use skb.cb for storing private data

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 02:57:00PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Netfront's use of nh.raw and h.raw for storing page+offset is a bit
> hinky, and it breaks with upcoming network stack updates which reduce
> these fields to sub-pointer sizes.  Fortunately, skb offers the "cb"
> field specifically for stashing this kind of info, so use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
> Cc: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>

Thanks Jeremy.  The patch looks good.

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