netdev - Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/10] enable SKB paged fragment lifetime visibility

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:36:03 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...citrix.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/10] enable SKB paged fragment lifetime visibility

On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 16:17 +0100, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:06:46 +0100
> 
> > What is the general feeling regarding this approach?
> 
> Not bad,

Thanks, I'll continue in this direction then.

>  I like that only the users of destructors pay the price of
> the extra atomics.

Yes, I very much wanted to avoid hitting everyone with extra overhead.

> Like you say in patch #8, I wouldn't bother adding a whole new
> ->sendpage_destructor() OP, just add the new argument to the existing
> method.

Will do.

Ian.

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