netdev - Re: [RFC] networking: convert many more places to skb_put

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:45:17 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     YUAN Linyu <Linyu.Yuan@...atel-sbell.com.cn>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] networking: convert many more places to skb_put_zero()

On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 07:20 +0000, YUAN Linyu wrote:
> > 
> In my opinion if spatch can do it even it found one place, keep it.
> Only leave difficult places like ndisc.c to me.

It's not so simple - I'd have to tailor the spatch to it pretty much I
guess, spending far more time on the spatch than the single place
warrants.

> > Btw, just made a patch to add and use "skb_put_data()", just doing
> > a
> > memcpy() into the skb_put() area also has lots of users.
> 
> Yes, I also notice some places.

I sent a patch.

johannes