Re: [RFC PATCH] net: add dataref destructor to sk_buff

Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-11-10T14:48:26Z

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 09:11:10AM -0500, Gregory Haskins wrote:
> > You are comparing with skb destructors, not skb data destructors :) skb
> > data destructor is Rusty's patch which he wanted to use for vringfd. I
> > mean e.g. this:
> > http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2008/04/18/7
>
> Ah, I wasn't aware. I believe Anthony Ligouri had pointed me at this
> same patch earlier this year. However, more recently when I saw
> skb->destructor() in mainline (seemingly from Rusty), I thought it had
> been accepted and didn't investigate further.

skb->destructor seems to be there as far back as 2.2.0
http://lxr.linux.no/#linux-old+v2.2.0/include/linux/skbuff.h

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