netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: add documentation for skb recycling

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Date:	Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:01:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	buytenh@...tstofly.org
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, rdunlap@...otime.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add documentation for skb recycling

From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:59:29 +0100

> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:05:00PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> > > How about tweaking this slightly and saying:
> > > 
> > >  * 	Checks that the skb passed in is not shared or cloned, and
> > >  *	that it is linear and its head portion at least as large as
> > >  *	skb_size so that it can be recycled as a receive buffer.
> > >  * 	If these conditions are met, this function does any necessary
> > >  *	reference count dropping and cleans up the skbuff as if it
> > >  *	just came from __alloc_skb().
> > 
> > I like this tweak, someone please send me the final version with
> > proper signoffs etc.
> 
> How about this:

Applied, thanks a lot everyone.
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