netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3 net-next] Finish conversion of skb_frag_t to bio

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:22:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     axboe@...com
Cc:     jonathan.lemon@...il.com, willy@...radead.org,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, Kernel-team@...com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3 net-next] Finish conversion of skb_frag_t to
 bio_vec

From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:49:09 +0000

> Pretty appalled to see this abomination:
> 
> net: Convert skb_frag_t to bio_vec
> 
> There are a lot of users of frag->page_offset, so use a union
> to avoid converting those users today.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> 
> show up in the net tree without even having been posted on a
> block list...
> 
> At least this kills this ugly thing.

Sorry about that Jens, but at least as you say it's gone now.