On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 10:44, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Chris Leech <christopher.leech@intel.com>
> Date: 06 Feb 2003 11:22:51 -0800
>
> I fail to see how the statement "skb->len + skb->data_len" has any
> usable meaning, or how it can be anything other than a bug.
>
> This equation is the standard way to find the full length
> on any skb. For linear skbs, data_len is always zero.
>
> I asked Alan to use this formula so that greps on the source
> tree would always show data_len being taken into account, and
> thus usage would be consistent.
OK, now I'm really getting confused. Every other example I can find in
the networking code, and every scatter-gather capable driver, uses
skb->len as the full length and skb->len - skb->data_len as the length
of the first or linear portion.
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