linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/37] staging:r8188eu: update pkt->data synchronously with rx

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:15:57 +0700
From:   Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>,
        Geliang Tang <geliangtang@....com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/37] staging:r8188eu: update pkt->data synchronously
 with rx_data

On 10/20/2016 04:03 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 10:07:45PM +0700, Ivan Safonov wrote:
>> To replace rx_data with pkt->data.
>> Now pkt->data is equal to rx_data.
>>
>
> I'm not smart enough to tell on my own...  Is this a bugfix?

It is not bugfix, only variable replacement.
recv_frame structure duplicates sk_buff. Most of the ieee80211_* 
functions require a pointer to sk_buff. Therefore, easier to use sk_buff 
instead of recv_frame structure.

>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>