Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262013AbVEKSlM (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 14:41:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262017AbVEKSlM (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 14:41:12 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-174.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.174]:10404 "EHLO cheetah.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262013AbVEKSlI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 14:41:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 11:40:24 -0700 From: "David S. Miller" To: Stuffed Crust Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix long-standing bug in 2.6/2.4 skb_copy/skb_copy_expand Message-Id: <20050511114024.278b97d4.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20050508143259.GA30676@shaftnet.org> References: <20050508143259.GA30676@shaftnet.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; sparc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Face: "_;p5u5aPsO,_Vsx"^v-pEq09'CU4&Dc1$fQExov$62l60cgCc%FnIwD=.UF^a>?5'9Kn[;433QFVV9M..2eN.@4ZWPGbdi<=?[:T>y?SD(R*-3It"Vj:)"dP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 563 Lines: 14 On Sun, 8 May 2005 10:32:59 -0400 Stuffed Crust wrote: > But if the alloc_skb function > allocates extra head room (ie calls skb_reserve() on the skb before it > passes it to the callee, this doesn't quite work. alloc_skb() may call skb_reserve() in your tree, but it doesn't in anyone else's. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/