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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: shannon.nelson@intel.com
Cc: bunk@kernel.org, shemminger@linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, christopher.leech@intel.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] unexport softnet_data
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:41:13 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071106.234113.248978883.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAE9DCEF64577A439B3A37F36F9B691C034CC519@orsmsx418.amr.corp.intel.com>

From: "Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:38:55 -0700

> There is no creation of a pinned_list yet in this path, so I don't think
> this would do us much good.

The pinned list is created in the generic net/ipv4/tcp.c code, not in
the address family specific code.

So your comments do not apply as a reason for this patch to not go in.
My patch has been in Linus's tree for weeks, and until you show me a
real reason why the check shouldn't be there in the ipv6 path, it's
staying.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-07  7:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-24 16:24 [2.6 patch] unexport softnet_data Adrian Bunk
2007-10-26 11:19 ` David Miller
2007-10-26 15:38   ` Nelson, Shannon
2007-11-07  7:41     ` David Miller [this message]
2007-11-07 15:01       ` Nelson, Shannon

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