netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Fix networking scatterlist regressions.

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Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:44:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Fix networking scatterlist regressions.

From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:06:32 +1100

> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 14:40:02 David Miller wrote:
> > I just checked the following bug fix into net-2.6
> >
> > Rusty, have a quick look at virtio_net wrt. the changes I
> > made to skb_to_sgvec()'s behavior.  I think I might have
> > even fixed something :-)
> 
> Grr, the scatterlist changes are really pissing me off.  We get ugly tricky 
> code *and* transition pain.
> 
> I hate to suggest this, but I don't supposed there's a chance we can revert it 
> for 2.6.24 and do something cleaner for 2.6.25?

I will hit you on the head with a hammer if this happens after all
the debugging and work I've put into fixing things so far. :-/

Just like this: Plonk!
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