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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix BUG in pskb_expand_head when
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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 14:49 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:

> > It would be possible to avoid another resize of the copied skb by using
> > skb_copy_expand instead of skb_copy but that would make the patch more
> > complex. Also, shared skbs are a corner case right now, so the resize
> > shouldn't matter much.
> > 
> > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
> 
> Is this intended for 2.6.37?  It looks like it would apply there.

Yeah, and probably older stable too.

johannes