netdev - Re: [PATCH 02/12 v2 RFC] skbuff: remove unused skb_zcopy

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Message-ID: <CAF=yD-+Y4dboCq-kc3-cwPBd3PrxC-0XXoXxEv0W=0XiJ88zkw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:00:47 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
Cc:     Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12 v2 RFC] skbuff: remove unused skb_zcopy_abort function

On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 7:09 PM Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jonathan Lemon <bsd@...com>
>
> skb_zcopy_abort() has no in-tree consumers, remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>

Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

Indeed unused. This was used in the packet and raw zerocopy patches in
the original patchset. But we never merged those, for lack of copy
avoidance benefit at small packet sizes.