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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: xiaohui.xin@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mst@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu,
	davem@davemloft.net, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
	jdike@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 06/17] Use callback to deal with skb_release_data() specially.
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:07:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1288861663.2659.47.camel@edumazet-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1288861465.2659.44.camel@edumazet-laptop>

Le jeudi 04 novembre 2010 à 10:04 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit :

> Hmm, I suggest you read the comment two lines above.
> 
> If destructor_arg is now cleared each time we allocate a new skb, then,
> please move it before dataref in shinfo structure, so that the following
> memset() does the job efficiently...


Something like :

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index e6ba898..2dca504 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ struct skb_shared_info {
 	__be32          ip6_frag_id;
 	__u8		tx_flags;
 	struct sk_buff	*frag_list;
+	/* Intermediate layers must ensure that destructor_arg
+	 * remains valid until skb destructor */
+	void		*destructor_arg;
 	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps hwtstamps;
 
 	/*
@@ -202,9 +205,6 @@ struct skb_shared_info {
 	 */
 	atomic_t	dataref;
 
-	/* Intermediate layers must ensure that destructor_arg
-	 * remains valid until skb destructor */
-	void *		destructor_arg;
 	/* must be last field, see pskb_expand_head() */
 	skb_frag_t	frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS];
 };




  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-04  9:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-04  9:04 [PATCH v14 00/17] Provide a zero-copy method on KVM virtio-net xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:04 ` [PATCH v14 01/17] Add a new structure for skb buffer from external xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:04   ` [PATCH v14 02/17] Add a new struct for device to manipulate external buffer xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:04   ` [PATCH v14 03/17] Add a ndo_mp_port_prep pointer to net_device_ops xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 04/17] Add a function make external buffer owner to query capability xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 05/17] Add a function to indicate if device use external buffer xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 06/17] Use callback to deal with skb_release_data() specially xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:04     ` Eric Dumazet
2010-11-04  9:07       ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2010-11-08  8:03         ` xiaohui.xin
2010-11-08  8:24           ` Eric Dumazet
2010-11-08  8:39             ` Xin, Xiaohui
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 07/17]Modify netdev_alloc_page() to get external buffer xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 08/17] Modify netdev_free_page() to release " xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 09/17] Don't do skb recycle, if device use " xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 10/17] If device is in zero-copy mode first, bonding will fail xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 11/17] Add a hook to intercept external buffers from NIC driver xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 12/17] Add header file for mp device xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 13/17] Add mp(mediate passthru) device xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 14/17] Add a kconfig entry and make entry for mp device xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 15/17]Provides multiple submits and asynchronous notifications xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 16/17] An example how to modifiy NIC driver to use napi_gro_frags() interface xiaohui.xin
2010-11-04  9:05   ` [PATCH v14 17/17] An example how to alloc user buffer based on " xiaohui.xin

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