netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: Introduce skb_orphan

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Message-Id: <20100422.002623.00784210.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:26:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: Introduce skb_orphan_try()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:24:05 +0200

> Hmm... are you sure we want to call destructor for each skb ?
> 
> Should'nt we do it before initial skb is split ?

Good idea, therefore you mean something like this?

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3ba774b..f3c3885 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1865,6 +1865,7 @@ static int dev_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	int features = dev->features & ~(illegal_highdma(dev, skb) ?
 					 NETIF_F_SG : 0);
 
+	skb_orphan_try(skb);
 	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features);
 
 	/* Verifying header integrity only. */
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