From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Li Yu Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 net-next] net: allow skb->head to be a page fragment Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:50:34 +0800 Message-ID: <509C6F7A.30308@gmail.com> References: <1335522818.2775.227.camel@edumazet-glaptop> <509A19E6.4040707@gmail.com> <509A1D49.4080306@gmail.com> <1352286264.3140.3575.camel@edumazet-glaptop> <509B6368.9010206@gmail.com> <1352381449.19779.13.camel@edumazet-glaptop> <509C6AEF.4020300@gmail.com> <1352428675.19779.490.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Linux Netdev List To: Eric Dumazet Return-path: Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:54525 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752337Ab2KICuw (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:50:52 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f46.google.com with SMTP id rr4so2497119pbb.19 for ; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:50:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1352428675.19779.490.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: =E4=BA=8E 2012=E5=B9=B411=E6=9C=8809=E6=97=A5 10:37, Eric Dumazet =E5=86= =99=E9=81=93: > On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 10:31 +0800, Li Yu wrote: > >> I think that adding skb->frag_head indeed is a better choice, this m= eans >> I have to rework some NIC drivers :( > > Not sure what you mean, since most (if not all) NIC drivers already u= se > skb->frag_head in their RX path. > skb =3D build_skb(data, 0); in bnx2 and bnx2x ...... :) Yu