netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v7 3/5] skb_array: array based FIFO for skbs

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Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 2016 16:04:09 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v7 3/5] skb_array: array based FIFO for skbs

On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 02:58:39PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 19:08:26 +0300 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > A simple array based FIFO of pointers.  Intended for net stack so uses
> > skbs for type safety. Implemented as a set of wrappers around ptr_array.
>                                                                 ^^^^^^^^^
> It is called "ptr_ring" not "ptr_array".


Thanks!
Jason, could you please tweak this when you repost?

> -- 
> Best regards,
>   Jesper Dangaard Brouer
>   MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
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