netdev - Re: Can ndo_select_queue save data in skb->cb?

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Date:	Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:53:09 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	James Yonan <james@...nvpn.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can ndo_select_queue save data in skb->cb?

On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 10:38 -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> That is only because qdisc layer saves data for bond,
> which means if you have more data to save, you have to put
> more into qdisc CB, it is just ugly.

Right, using skb->cb[] is ugly, dangerous, and all this.

If you can, avoiding it is safer.

Note that I pointed to the bonding case for a legal case,
I had no time to do a full explanation, feel free to do so ;)

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