netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: pskb_expand

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Date:	Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:57:22 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: pskb_expand_head() optimization

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 09:13:53AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> BTW, Jarek, as to your idea to store a tail pointer in the shinfo, how
> will you sync that tail pointer in all of the shinfo instances
> referencing the frag list?
> 
> It simply can't work, we have to copy.

The question is if we need to sync at all? This is shared data at the
moment, so I can't imagine how the list (especialy doubly linked)
could be changed without locking? And even if it's possible, I doubt
copying e.g. like in your current patch can help when an skb is added
at the tail later.

Jarek P.
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