On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 17:15 +0200, Maxime Bizon wrote: > You think removing skb_recycle() is too big a change for stable ? > > Driver change is simple, as recycling is not guaranteed today you have > this: > > if (!try_recycle(skb)) > skb = alloc_skb() > > > we just remove the try_recycle part, we are not adding any new code > path. > > > I'm not the right person to give you a correct NET_SKB_PAD value, I have > a lot of out of tree patches in my kernels, some custom drivers as well > that needs quite a lot of headroom, and uncommon network setup. >
OK, I'll send the patch to remove skb_recycle() -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
