netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add alloc_skb_with

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20140919.162544.729091670312572114.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:25:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add alloc_skb_with_frags() helper

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 04:49:49 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Extract from sock_alloc_send_pskb() code building skb with frags,
> so that we can reuse this in other contexts.
> 
> Intent is to use it from tcp_send_rcvq(), tcp_collapse(), ...
> 
> We also want to replace some skb_linearize() calls to a more reliable
> strategy in pathological cases where we need to reduce number of frags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Looks good, applied.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html