netdev - Re: [RESEND] can: omit unneeded skb

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Date:	Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:08:01 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	oliver@...tkopp.net
Cc:	urs.thuermann@...kswagen.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND] can: omit unneeded skb_clone() calls

From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:18:54 +0100

> The AF_CAN core delivered always cloned sk_buffs to the AF_CAN
> protocols, although this was _only_ needed by the can-raw protocol.
> With this (additionally documented) change, the AF_CAN core calls the
> callback functions of the registered AF_CAN protocols with the original
> (uncloned) sk_buff pointer and let's the can-raw protocol do the
> skb_clone() itself which omits all unneeded skb_clone() calls for other
> AF_CAN protocols.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
> Signed-off-by: Urs Thuermann <urs.thuermann@...kswagen.de>

Applied.
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