netdev - Re: question on ndo_start

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Message-ID: <1346604365.7787.0.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2012 17:46:05 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: question on ndo_start_xmit()

On Sun, 2012-09-02 at 15:39 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is it possible that ndo_start_xmit is called with skb==NULL ?

Only through a bug in the caller.  It is not a valid argument.

Ben.

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