From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 02/17]Add a new struct for device to manipulate external buffer. Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:36:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20101210.123607.35053296.davem@davemloft.net> References: <38fbf05a450b34e939aa1b0f3a5126711990f0cc.1291187695.git.xiaohui.xin@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mst@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, jdike@linux.intel.com To: xiaohui.xin@intel.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <38fbf05a450b34e939aa1b0f3a5126711990f0cc.1291187695.git.xiaohui.xin@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: xiaohui.xin@intel.com Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:08:13 +0800 > From: Xin Xiaohui > > Add a structure in structure net_device, the new field is > named as mp_port. It's for mediate passthru (zero-copy). > It contains the capability for the net device driver, > a socket, and an external buffer creator, external means > skb buffer belongs to the device may not be allocated from > kernel space. > > Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui > Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu > Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike Please eliminate whatever is causing this indentation of your commit messages. There should be no special indentation of the commit message.