netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v4 0/5] SCTP: Event skb list overhaul.

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Message-ID: <20190313160621.GI13343@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:06:21 -0300
From:   Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, lucien.xin@...il.com, nhorman@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v4 0/5] SCTP: Event skb list overhaul.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 08:09:19PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> This patch series eliminates the explicit reference to the skb list
> implementation via skb->prev dereferences.
> 
> The approach used is to pass a non-empty skb list around instead of an
> event skb object which may or may not be on a list.
> 
> I'd like to thank Marcelo Leitner, Xin Long, and Neil Horman for
> reviewing previous versions of this series.
> 
> Testing would be very much appreciated, in addition to the review of
> course.
> 
> v3 --> v4: Fix the logic in patch #4 so that we don't miss cases
>        	   where we should add event to the on-stack temp list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Code review LGTM too.
Running some tests, should be done by the end of the day.

  Marcelo