netdev - Re: [PATCHv1 net-next] xen-netback: remove unconditional pull_skb

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Date:	Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:16:22 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Ian.Campbell@...rix.com
Cc:	david.vrabel@...rix.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, wei.liu2@...rix.com,
	malcolm.crossley@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv1 net-next] xen-netback: remove unconditional
 pull_skb_tail in guest Tx path

From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:53:05 +0000

> I'd like to see the commit message expanded to explain why this isn't
> introducing a (security) bug by not pulling enough stuff into the header
> (IOW the conclusion of the discussion).

Just because a fundamental aspect of how we handle packets isn't clear
to some people, doesn't mean that every commit that depends upon that
invariant has to explain it in the commit message. :-)

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