netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: allow skb->head to be a page fragment

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Message-ID: <1352428675.19779.490.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:37:55 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Li Yu <raise.sail@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: allow skb->head to be a page fragment

On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 10:31 +0800, Li Yu wrote:

> I think that adding skb->frag_head indeed is a better choice, this means 
> I have to rework some NIC drivers :(

Not sure what you mean, since most (if not all) NIC drivers already use
skb->frag_head in their RX path.



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