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From: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Who's allowed to set a skb destructor?
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:04:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <468B54A6.5090902@ens-lyon.org> (raw)

Hi,

I am trying to understand whether I can setup a skb destructor in my
code (which is basically a protocol above dev_queue_xmit() and co). From
what I see in many parts in the current kernel code, the "protocol" (I
mean, the one who actually creates the skb) may setup a destructor.

However, I also see some places where some low-level drivers might be
using a destructor too , without apparently checking whether an upper
layer already uses one. For instance, write_ofld_wr() in cxgb3/sge.c. I
found some old threads about adding support for multiple destructors but
I don't see anything like this in the current kernel.

So, I'd like to have a clear statement about who's allowed to use a
destructor :)

Thanks,
Brice


             reply	other threads:[~2007-07-04  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-04  8:04 Brice Goglin [this message]
2007-07-04  9:38 ` Who's allowed to set a skb destructor? Evgeniy Polyakov
2007-07-05 10:08 ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-05 11:07   ` Divy Le Ray
2007-07-05 13:07     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-05 12:28   ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-05 12:28     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2007-07-05 13:00       ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-06  9:08       ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-06  9:44         ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-05 13:06     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-05 13:51       ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-06  7:47       ` Jarek Poplawski

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