netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/4] net: flow_dissector: add __skb_get

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Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:16:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dborkman@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/4] net: flow_dissector: add
 __skb_get_poff to get a start offset to payload

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:39:30 +0100

> __skb_get_poff() returns the offset to the payload as far as it could
> be dissected. The main user is currently BPF, so that we can dynamically
> truncate packets without needing to push actual payload to the user
> space and instead can analyze headers only.
> 
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>

Applied.
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