netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net] netpoll: fix rx_hook() interface by passing the skb

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Date:	Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:27:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	antonio@...hcoding.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David.Laight@...LAB.COM
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net] netpoll: fix rx_hook() interface by passing the
 skb

From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:36:30 +0200

> Right now skb->data is passed to rx_hook() even if the skb
> has not been linearised and without giving rx_hook() a way
> to linearise it.
> 
> Change the rx_hook() interface and make it accept the skb
> and the offset to the UDP payload as arguments. rx_hook() is
> also renamed to rx_skb_hook() to ensure that out of the tree
> users notice the API change.
> 
> In this way any rx_skb_hook() implementation can perform all
> the needed operations to properly (and safely) access the
> skb data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>

Applied.
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