netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: skb

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:44:51 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: skb_orphan() changes

On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 15:24 -0700, David Miller wrote:

> Applied, but personally I would have considered adding an
> else clause checking BUG_ON(skb->sk), or are you not so
> confident in your assertion? :-)

I considered this but this was adding a significant overhead, as this
is an inline function.

What about doing that for a limited time, say until 3.12 is released ?


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