David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote: > >> I think I'll do this in the driver for now, and let's revisit doing it >> generically later? > > That might be the best course of action for the time being. > This whole area is a rat's nest.
Calling skb_orphan like this should be forbidden. Apart from the problems already raised, it is a sign that the driver is trying to paper over a more serious issue of not cleaning up skb's timely. Yes skb_orphan will work for the cases where calling the skb destructor allows forward progress, but for the cases where you really need to the skb to be freed (e.g., iSCSI or Xen), this simply doesn't work. So anytime someone tries to propose such a solution it is a sign that they have bigger problems. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herb...@gondor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
