netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Audit drivers to identify those needing IFF_TX_SKB

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:42:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, isdn@...ux-pingi.de, fubar@...ibm.com,
	andy@...yhouse.net, kaber@...sh.net, khc@...waw.pl,
	linville@...driver.com, gregkh@...e.de, marcel@...tmann.org,
	johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Audit drivers to identify those needing
 IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING cleared

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:05:38 -0400

> After the last patch, We are left in a state in which only drivers calling
> ether_setup have IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING set (we assume that drivers touching real
> hardware call ether_setup for their net_devices and don't hold any state in
> their skbs.  There are a handful of drivers that violate this assumption of
> course, and need to be fixed up.  This patch identifies those drivers, and marks
> them as not being able to support the safe transmission of skbs by clearning the
> IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING flag in priv_flags
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

Applied.
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