netdev - Re: 3.5 bridging regression

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Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:37:16 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 3.5 bridging regression

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 03:46:42PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Thanks for testing, sorry for adding a bug.

No problem, thanks to you for the quick fix.

> skb_recycle() was losing skb->head_frag status.
> 
> (we could have added some logic in skb_is_recycleable(), but this
> function was becoming really too complex)

OK. I remember you did this in order to permit zero-copy splice() with
all network drivers. I'll recheck to see if there is a performance impact
with the fix.

Cheers,
Willy

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