netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Cleanup skb cloning by adding SKB_FCLONE

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Date:	Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:36:45 -0700
From:	Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Cleanup skb cloning by adding SKB_FCLONE_FREE

Sure. Will resend V2 shortly.

Vijay

On 2 October 2014 04:35, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-10-01 at 23:33 -0700, Vijay Subramanian wrote:
>> SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE has overloaded meaning depending on type of skb.
>> 1: If skb is allocated from head_cache, it indicates fclone is not available.
>> 2: If skb is a companion fclone skb (allocated from fclone_cache), it indicates
>> it is available to be used.
>>
>> To avoid confusion for case 2 above, this patch  replaces
>> SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE with SKB_FCLONE_FREE where appropriate. For fclone
>> companion skbs, this indicates it is free for use.
>>
>> SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE will now simply indicate skb is from head_cache and
>> cannot / will not have a companion fclone.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/skbuff.h | 3 ++-
>>  net/core/skbuff.c      | 8 ++++----
>>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
>> index 7c5036d..6c3fb9a 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
>> @@ -339,9 +339,10 @@ struct skb_shared_info {
>>
>>
>>  enum {
>> -     SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE,
>> +     SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE, /* skb has no fclone */
>>       SKB_FCLONE_ORIG,
>>       SKB_FCLONE_CLONE,
>> +     SKB_FCLONE_FREE,        /* this fclone skb is available */
>>  };
>>
> Please comment all the states, now there is no ambiguity ?
>
>
>
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