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From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <roland@kernel.org>,
	<netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <ali@mellanox.com>,
	<sean.hefty@intel.com>, Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.co.il>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/9] IB/ipoib: Add support for acting as VIF
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:05:12 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FFD33B8.5010604@mellanox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1341923180.3265.5005.camel@edumazet-glaptop>

On 7/10/2012 3:26 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 15:16 +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
>> The IPoIB code checks the VIF private flag on the RX path, and accoriding
>> to the value of the flag prepares the skb CB data, etc.
>>
>
> skb->cb[] can be destroyed in netif_receive_skb() / __netif_receive_skb()
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
> 	skb = handle_ing(skb, &pt_prev, &ret, orig_dev);
> 	...
> #endif

Eric,

Can you elaborate a little further? we're not sure to see where 
skb->cb[] is touched on the flow
you pointed to.

Or.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-11  8:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-10 12:16 [PATCH net-next 0/9] Add Ethernet IPoIB driver Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 1/9] IB/ipoib: Add support for clones / multiple childs on the same partition Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 2/9] include/linux: Add private flags for IPoIB interfaces Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 3/9] IB/ipoib: Add support for acting as VIF Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:26   ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-11  8:05     ` Or Gerlitz [this message]
2012-07-11  8:19       ` David Miller
2012-07-11  9:59         ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-11 10:06           ` David Miller
2012-07-11 10:27             ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-11 11:46               ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 4/9] net/eipoib: Add private header file Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 5/9] net/eipoib: Add ethtool file support Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 17:48   ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-11  8:40     ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 6/9] net/eipoib: Add sysfs support Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 7/9] net/eipoib: Add main driver functionality Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 8/9] net/eipoib: Add Makefile, Kconfig and MAINTAINERS entries Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 9/9] IB/ipoib: Add support for transmission of skbs w.o dst/neighbour Or Gerlitz

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