On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 11:09:57 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dev_alloc_skb is designated for RX descriptors, not TX. (Some drivers > use it for the latter anyway, but that's a different story) > > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/skbuff.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/skbuff.h 2006-07-07 11:05:30.000000000 > +0200 > +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/skbuff.h 2006-07-07 11:06:31.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ > } > > /** > - * __dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for sending > + * __dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving > * @length: length to allocate > * @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to alloc_skb > * > @@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ > } > > /** > - * dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for sending > + * dev_alloc_skb - allocate an skbuff for receiving > * @length: length to allocate > * > * Allocate a new &sk_buff and assign it a usage count of one. The > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html What is the point of dev_alloc_skb anyway? all it does is add header space. -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
