netdev - Re: can we reuse an skb

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:37:37 +0100
From:	Saikiran Madugula <hummerbliss@...il.com>
To:	Radha Mohan <radhamohan_ch@...oo.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: can we reuse an skb

Radha Mohan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For an ethernet driver, we need to allocate some pool of SKBs for receiving packets. Is there any way we can reuse the same SKBs without the need to re-allocate in atomic every time one has been used up for netif_rx(). 
> 
> Any pointers will be helpful.
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2008/9/28/3433504
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