Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:49:24 -0500 (EST) | | From | Bill Davidsen <> | | Subject | Re: [patch] smaller kernels |
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:56:05 +1100 > > And I'm not sure DaveM'll appreciate this: > > > static inline char *__skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len) > > { > > skb->len-=len; > > - if (skb->len < skb->data_len) > > - BUG(); > > return skb->data+=len; > > } > > Rusty's right, I definitely won't take this, it catches problems > %99 of the time in the place that causes it.
But, it makes the kernel smaller. And faster! ;-)
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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