netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: netdev_alloc_skb() use build

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2012 06:41:06 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	w@....eu, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: netdev_alloc_skb() use build_skb()

On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 15:53 -0400, David Miller wrote:

> Applied, we can sort out any fallout very easily before 3.5 is released.
> 
> Awesome work Eric.

Thanks David

I'll send a followup patch to fix issues :

- Must be IRQ safe (non NAPI drivers can use it)
- Must not leak the frag is build_skb() fails to allocate sk_buff

- Factorize code so that dev_alloc_skb()/__dev_alloc_skb() are a wrapper
around __netdev_alloc_skb()



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