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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
	Florin Malita <fmalita@gmail.com>,
	marcelo@kvack.org, linville@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: skb dereferenced after netif_rx
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 02:36:11 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <464FEC5B.1060708@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070519222014.45f11138@freepuppy>

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The skb is always consumed so the the return value is informational only.

Yes, this is true.  Handing off an skb to netif_rx() relieves the driver 
of further responsibility for it.

	Jeff



  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-20  6:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-16 21:01 [PATCH] libertas: skb dereferenced after netif_rx Florin Malita
     [not found] ` <464B7127.5080502-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-18 18:09   ` John W. Linville
     [not found]     ` <20070518180903.GC3492-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-18 20:04       ` Florin Malita
2007-05-19  5:23       ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-05-19  5:37         ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-20  0:56     ` Dan Williams
2007-05-20  1:47       ` Jeff Garzik
     [not found]         ` <464FA894.8090008-o2qLIJkoznsdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-20  5:20           ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-05-20  6:36             ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-05-20  7:38           ` David Miller
     [not found]             ` <20070520.003832.59470116.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-21 14:51               ` Florin Malita

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