netdev - Re: kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:95!

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Message-Id: <20080223.200130.119882236.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:01:30 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jwestfall@...realistic.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, acme@...stprotocols.net
Subject: Re: kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:95!

From: Jim Westfall <jwestfall@...realistic.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:13:52 -0800

> > 
> > 2) Second, skb_realloc_headroom() is called on 'skb' with
> >    a second argument of 'dsize'.
> 
> This suggestion escapes me.  The skb_put() call in the above 
> code would increase skb->tail.  Wont skb_realloc_headroom() create 
> additional space between skb->head and skb->data when we really want it 
> between skb->tail and skb->end?

My bad, you need to increase the tailroom not the headroom.
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