netdev - Re: Change in alloc_skb() behavior in 3.2+ kernels?

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jun 2012 20:35:50 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Change in alloc_skb() behavior in 3.2+ kernels?

On 2012-06-06, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 20:24 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> Is skb_tailroom() guaranteed to be >= the requested size?
>> 
>
> Of course, but only right after alloc_skb().

That's good enough.
     
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