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];
};
next prev parent 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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