linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:27:08 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	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()

Hello.

On 04/28/2015 04:14 AM, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:

> Commit commit b08cc79155fc26d0d112b1470d1ece5034651a4b eliminated memory

    One "commit" is enough. :-)
    And please also specify that commit's summary in parens.

> 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>

[...]

WBR, Sergei

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