netdev - Re: [Patch 3/5] Network Drop Monitor: Adding kfree_skb_clean for non-drops and modifying end-of-line points for skbs

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Message-Id: <20090304.144722.167821808.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:47:22 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	acme@...hat.com
Cc:	nhorman@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [Patch 3/5] Network Drop Monitor: Adding kfree_skb_clean for
 non-drops and modifying end-of-line points for skbs

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:45:05 -0300

> hasta_la_vista_skbaby()

This is my personal favorite, it's very Mexifornia.

> consumed_skb()

But more seriously I like something like "consume_skb()" the best (ie.
drop the 'd').  It has the implication that an application or other
entity "consumed" and used the data before we freed the SKB.

What do you think?
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