Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: TCP bug? | Date | Thu, 29 Oct 1998 12:56:47 +0100 | From | Olaf Titz <> |
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> It is not good idea. Any module (CIPE in this case) outside of core cannot > know, what generic fields in skb must be initialized in copying.
Yes, and it's ugly too :-)
> Most of fields in skb are strictly private to core. > If you believe, that some primitive is missing, > it would be better to submit it for inclusion to core.
Basically I need a version of skb_realloc_headroom that allows me to specify needed headroom _and_ tailroom, because my driver adds a "footer" in addition to its own header. I can well imagine there could be real hardware drivers that need this too.
Olaf
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