netdev - Re: RFC: on [ab]use of skb->cb by VLAN code

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Message-Id: <20070730.190621.13770511.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:06:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hadi@...erus.ca
Cc:	greearb@...delatech.com, kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	mcarlson@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: RFC: on [ab]use of skb->cb by VLAN code

From: jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:02:04 -0400

> I came across the issue because i used cb in batching to store transient
> state which is used between qdisc dequeueing and hardware enqueueing
> (looked and smelled legit to me).

Right, dequeue->device should be OK and doesn't work because of
the VLAN issue.

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