netdev - RE: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 03:23:52 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit()



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 7:57 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; olaf@...fle.de; apw@...onical.com;
> jasowang@...hat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit()
> 
> From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:14:50 -0700
> 
> > Commit commit b08cc79155fc26d0d112b1470d1ece5034651a4b eliminated
> memory
> > allocation in the packet send path. This commit introduced a bug since it
> > did not account for the case if the skb was cloned. Fix this bug by
> > using the pre-reserved head room only if the skb is not cloned.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> 
> We have generic infrastructure to do this, please try instead:
> 
> 	err = skb_cow_head(skb, pkt_sz);
> 
> this will take care of everything for you and you can get rid
> of all of this dynamic memory allocation etc. in this code
> path.

Thanks David; I will resubmit this patch.

Regards,

K. Y
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