netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: skbuff: drop the word head from skb cache

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Message-Id: <167602081788.32282.1728914965774061293.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:20:17 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: skbuff: drop the word head from skb cache

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Wed,  8 Feb 2023 22:06:42 -0800 you wrote:
> skbuff_head_cache is misnamed (perhaps for historical reasons?)
> because it does not hold heads. Head is the buffer which skb->data
> points to, and also where shinfo lives. struct sk_buff is a metadata
> structure, not the head.
> 
> Eric recently added skb_small_head_cache (which allocates actual
> head buffers), let that serve as an excuse to finally clean this up :)
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: skbuff: drop the word head from skb cache
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/025a785ff083

You are awesome, thank you!
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