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

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:47:53 +0000
From:   YUAN Linyu <Linyu.Yuan@...atel-sbell.com.cn>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC] networking: convert many more places to skb_put_zero()

Ok, understand 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Berg [mailto:johannes@...solutions.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 3:45 PM
> To: YUAN Linyu; 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