netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/10 REV5] [core] Add skb

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Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:46:38 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/10 REV5] [core] Add skb_blist & support for batching

On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 02:31:37PM +0530, Krishna Kumar (krkumar2@...ibm.com) wrote:
> @@ -3566,6 +3579,13 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	if (dev->features & NETIF_F_BATCH_SKBS) {
> +		/* Driver supports batching skb */
> +		dev->skb_blist = kmalloc(sizeof *dev->skb_blist, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (dev->skb_blist)
> +			skb_queue_head_init(dev->skb_blist);
> +	}
> +

A nitpick is that you should use sizeof(struct ...) and I think it
requires flag clearing in cae of failed initialization?

>  	/*
>  	 *	nil rebuild_header routine,
>  	 *	that should be never called and used as just bug trap.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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