Re: [PATCH] NET: fix kernel panic from no dev->hard_header_len space

Krzysztof Halasa
2006-08-02T00:42:07Z

Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> writes:

> Actually, it is historical hole in design, inherited from ancient
> times. Calling conventions of dev->hard_header() just did not allow
> to reallocate. BTW in 2.6 it can, if it uses pskb_expand_head().

Does that mean that hard_header() and then hard_start_xmit()
can use pskb_expand_head() instead of skb_realloc_headroom()
without restrictions?
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Krzysztof Halasa