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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Tristram.Ha@Micrel.Com
Cc: ben@simtec.co.uk, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x0066660@ti.com, s-jan@ti.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.34-rc6] net: Improve ks8851 snl transmit performance
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 10:44:50 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100524.104450.178799105.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14385191E87B904DBD836449AA30269D6DF528@MORGANITE.micrel.com>

From: "Ha, Tristram" <Tristram.Ha@Micrel.Com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 10:28:40 -0700

> As the socket buffer is accepted by the lowest level network driver and
> reaches the end of its life, I think using one of its variables
> temporarily does not cause any harm.

The packet can be referenced by packet sniffers and other entities in
the kernel.

      reply	other threads:[~2010-05-24 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-06 22:50 [PATCH 2.6.34-rc6] net: Improve ks8851 snl transmit performance Ha, Tristram
2010-05-07  5:02 ` Arce, Abraham
2010-05-13  5:38   ` Ha, Tristram
2010-05-13 23:39     ` Arce, Abraham
2010-05-14 23:22     ` Bill Fink
2010-05-16  7:26 ` David Miller
2010-05-24 17:28   ` Ha, Tristram
2010-05-24 17:44     ` David Miller [this message]

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