netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: make skb_set_owner

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Date:	Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:09:25 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: make skb_set_owner_w() more robust

On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 20:05 +0000, Haiyang Zhang wrote:

> Thanks for the fix!
> For some driver, like ours, this condition may not be "unlikely".
> So could you remove the "unlikely"?

No, I wont remove the unlikely.

Look, your main issue is about reallocating skbs, because of excessive
dev->needed_headroom.

An unlikely() mismatch is 1000 times less expensive, why would you
care ?

If you really care, fix your driver to not abuse skb->head to store 220
bytes of private data.



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