RE: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit()

From: KY Srinivasan
Date: Tue Apr 28 2015 - 15:00:07 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sergei Shtylyov [mailto:sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 11:27 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx;
> apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit()
>
> Hello.
>
> On 04/28/2015 04:14 AM, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
>
> > Commit commit b08cc79155fc26d0d112b1470d1ece5034651a4b eliminated
> memory
>
> One "commit" is enough. :-)
> And please also specify that commit's summary in parens.
>
> > allocation in the packet send path. This commit introduced a bug since it
> > did not account for the case if the skb was cloned. Fix this bug by
> > using the pre-reserved head room only if the skb is not cloned.
>
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [...]
>
> WBR, Sergei

Will do; thanks.

K. Y
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