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David Miller wrote: > From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@google.com> >>Can you please characterize the conditions under which skb->dev changes >>after the alloc? Are there writings on this subtlety?> > The packet scheduler and classifier can redirect packets to different > devices, and can the netfilter layer.> > The setting of skb->dev is wholly transient and you cannot rely upon > it to be the same as when you set it on allocation. >> Even simple things like the bonding device change skb->dev on every > receive. Thankyou, this is easily fixed. > I think you need to study the networking stack a little more before > you continue to play in this delicate area :-) The VM deadlock is also delicate. Perhaps we can work together. Regards, Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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