netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 net-next] net: Cleanup skb cloning by adding SKB_FCLONE

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Date:	Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:34:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	subramanian.vijay@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next] net: Cleanup skb cloning by adding
 SKB_FCLONE_FREE

From: Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@...il.com>
Date: Thu,  2 Oct 2014 10:00:43 -0700

> 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>
> ---
> V1-->V2: Comment all states

Applied, thank you.
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