From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: skb_orphan() changes Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:24:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20130731.152458.92056892741307118.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1375225875.10515.36.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:34223 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760877Ab3GaWY7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:24:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1375225875.10515.36.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:11:15 -0700 > From: Eric Dumazet > > It is illegal to set skb->sk without corresponding destructor. > > Its therefore safe for skb_orphan() to not clear skb->sk if > skb->destructor is not set. > > Also avoid clearing skb->destructor if already NULL. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied, but personally I would have considered adding an else clause checking BUG_ON(skb->sk), or are you not so confident in your assertion? :-)