Re: PATCH v2 3/4] Defer skb allocation -- new recvbuf alloc &receive calls

[Shirley Ma]

Hello Michael,

On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 14:08 -0800, Shirley Ma wrote:
> > > +
> > > +     err = vi->rvq->vq_ops->add_buf(vi->rvq, sg, 0, 2, skb);
> > > +     if (err < 0)
> > > +             kfree_skb(skb);
> > > +     else
> > > +             skb_queue_head(&vi->recv, skb);
> > 
> > So why are we queueing this still?
> This is for small packet. I didn't change that code since it will
> involve extra copy by using page.

I think I can remove skb link for small packet as well by adding
kfree_skb() in virtio_net_free_bufs for small packet.

Thanks
Shirley

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