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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: RongQing Li <roy.qing.li@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] core: adjust checks for calling skb_copy_bits in skb_try_coalesce
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:53:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1348120438.31352.63.camel@edumazet-glaptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFZqHzTEwgJaKjvNLW3yYbMLUu0xm8tHwQ2e_TZJNdiTKOTFw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 13:40 +0800, RongQing Li wrote:
> >>               unsigned int offset;
> >
> > This is not needed at all.
> >
> >
> 
> I think the below modification maybe needed,
> if (len <= skb_tailroom(to) && !skb_shinfo(to)->nr_frags) {
> ..
> }
> 
> First skb A is added to skb TO frags, since the len is larger
> than skb_tailroot(TO), but second len of skb B is less than
> skb_tailroot(To)  which will call skb_copy_bits.
> 
> Of cause, this kinds of cases maybe only exist on my mind.
> 

Did you read skb_tailroom(to) definition by any chance ?

static inline int skb_tailroom(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
        return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) ? 0 : skb->end - skb->tail;
}

Current code is fine, because if @to is linear, its ... linear.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-20  5:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-20  3:19 [PATCH net-next] core: adjust checks for calling skb_copy_bits in skb_try_coalesce roy.qing.li
2012-09-20  5:20 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-09-20  5:40   ` RongQing Li
2012-09-20  5:53     ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2012-09-20  5:57       ` RongQing Li
2012-09-20  7:00         ` Eric Dumazet

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