netdev - Re: [PATCH] iucv: Remove SKB list assumptions.

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:48:39 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iucv: Remove SKB list assumptions.

Hello!

On 11.11.2018 3:55, David Miller wrote:

> Eliminate the assumption that SKBs and SKB list heads can
> be cast to eachother in SKB list handling code.

   Each other? My spellchecker trips here.

> This change also appears to fix a bug since the list->next pointer is
> sampled outside of holding the SKB queue lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
[...]

MBR, Sergei