netdev - Re: [PATCH] skb: Add skb_head_is

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Date:	Thu, 03 May 2012 13:23:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] skb: Add skb_head_is_locked helper function

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 04:09:42 -0700

> This patch adds support for a skb_head_is_locked helper function.  It is
> meant to be used any time we are considering transferring the head from
> skb->head to a paged frag.  If the head is locked it means we cannot remove
> the head from the skb so it must be copied or we must take the skb as a
> whole.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>

Thanks for following up on this instead of going to sleep :-)

Applied.
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