netdev - Re: [PATCH] TX_RING and packet mmap

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Date:	Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:27:04 +0200
From:	Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@...-log.net>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TX_RING and packet mmap

Hi Evgeniy,

> It should, I actually do not see any sending path which does not invoke
> original skb destructor with the new data. It does not change the fact
> though, that effectively any other skb field can be modified during skb
> lifecycle no matter at which level it was allocated.
> Having a data pointer as an index could work though, especially it looks
> promising for fragments placed in own pages.

Do you mean that skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page will be valid until
destructor? even if linearized, cloned ....?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Johann
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