linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: add a "struct page_frag" type containing a page, offset and length

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Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:04:39 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"rientjes@...gle.com" <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"jaxboe@...ionio.com" <jaxboe@...ionio.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add a "struct page_frag" type containing a page,
 offset and length

On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 09:59 +0100, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:49:38 +0100
> 
> > Subject: [PATCH] mm: add a "struct page_frag" type containing a page, offset and length
> > 
> > A few network drivers currently use skb_frag_struct for this purpose but I have
> > patches which add additional fields and semantics there which these other uses
> > do not want.
> > 
> > A structure for reference sub-page regions seems like a generally useful thing
> > so do so instead of adding a network subsystem specific structure.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
> > Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
> > Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> 
> Applied, thanks Ian.
> 
> Please respin your skbfrag patches.

I think I must've hit send on the respin at about the same time you hit
send on your mail...

> 
> Thanks again.


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