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From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: ordex-GaUfNO9RBHfsrOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	b.a.t.m.a.n-ZwoEplunGu2X36UT3dwllkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	lindner_marek-LWAfsSFWpa4@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: pull request: batman-adv 2011-11-26
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:59:55 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111202.205955.840690319685535229.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111203015528.GB3148-E/2OGukznS5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>

From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex-GaUfNO9RBHfsrOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 02:55:29 +0100

> We first call pskb_may_pull() to pull the header only and then, under certain
> conditions, we linearise the whole skb to access it all. Should I use
> pskb_may_pull() even in this case?

Why would you need to access the whole thing?

There are only two types of possible accesses:

1) Header parsing --> use pskb_may_pull() as needed.

2) Copying the data to some other location, such as a user
   buffer.  Use skb_copy_datagram_iovec or similar which handle
   fragmented SKBs just fine.

You should handle fragmented SKBs as much as possible, because
linearization is expensive and often amounts to a memory allocation
plus a copy if you linearize the whole thing.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-12-03  1:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-26 14:26 pull request: batman-adv 2011-11-26 Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26 ` [PATCH 01/10] batman-adv: update internal version number Marek Lindner
     [not found] ` <1322317612-7770-1-git-send-email-lindner_marek-LWAfsSFWpa4@public.gmane.org>
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 02/10] batman-adv: tt_global_del_orig() has to print the correct message Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 03/10] batman-adv: Replace obsolete strict_strto<foo> with kstrto<foo> Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 04/10] batman-adv: refactoring gateway handling code Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 05/10] batman-adv: use orig_hash_find() instead of get_orig_node() in TT code Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 06/10] batman-adv: fixed hash functions type to uint32_t instead of int Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 08/10] batman-adv: linearise the tt_response skb only if needed Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 09/10] batman-adv: check for tt_reponse packet real length Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 14:26   ` [PATCH 10/10] batman-adv: Fix range check for expected packets Marek Lindner
2011-11-26 19:41   ` pull request: batman-adv 2011-11-26 David Miller
     [not found]     ` <20111126.144122.775553783672941660.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-02 17:12       ` Antonio Quartulli
     [not found]         ` <20111202171216.GA4561-E/2OGukznS5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-02 17:57           ` David Miller
     [not found]             ` <20111202.125725.896787381527077500.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-03  1:55               ` Antonio Quartulli
     [not found]                 ` <20111203015528.GB3148-E/2OGukznS5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-03  1:59                   ` David Miller [this message]
2011-11-26 14:26 ` [PATCH 07/10] batman-adv: directly write tt entries without buffering Marek Lindner

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