netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] Add udplib_lookup_skb() helpers (was: [net-next PATCH 10/16] Don't lookup the socket if there's a socket attached to the skb)

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Message-ID: <20081007123453.GA29610@ghostprotocols.net>
Date:	Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:34:54 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@....bme.hu>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] Add udplib_lookup_skb() helpers (was:
	[net-next PATCH 10/16] Don't lookup the socket if there's a socket
	attached to the skb)

Em Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 09:42:12AM +0200, KOVACS Krisztian escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 10:47 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Those functions don't have access to the skb so unless we change the
> > > signature they won't be able to steal the reference.
> > 
> > Indeed, but we should try to have the main TCP code flow clean, ditto
> > for
> > DCCP, free of such details, so after this activitity settles down I'll
> > submit something like the patch below.
> > 
> > If Dave agrees and you feel like merging it on your current patchset,
> > feel free to do it.
> 
> And here are the skb lookup helpers for UDP.

Thanks!

Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
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