netdev - Re: [bpf-next PATCH 04/16] net: generalize sk_alloc

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Message-Id: <20180305.163547.1630948704129974174.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 05 Mar 2018 16:35:47 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     john.fastabend@...il.com
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davejwatson@...com
Subject: Re: [bpf-next PATCH 04/16] net: generalize sk_alloc_sg to work
 with scatterlist rings

From: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:51:17 -0800

> The current implementation of sk_alloc_sg expects scatterlist to always
> start at entry 0 and complete at entry MAX_SKB_FRAGS.
> 
> Future patches will want to support starting at arbitrary offset into
> scatterlist so add an additional sg_start parameters and then default
> to the current values in TLS code paths.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>