netdev - Re: handing cloned frames to netif

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Message-Id: <E1JDSPG-0008Of-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:31:18 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	johannes@...solutions.net (Johannes Berg)
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ron.rindjunsky@...el.com,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: handing cloned frames to netif_rx()?

Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
>
> Is it ok to do this? Will something freak out if we pass a cloned skb to
> netif_rx()?

Sounds OK as long as you stick to the rules of cloned skb's, e.g., not
writing to them unless you've copied it.

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