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SubjectRe: Fwd: Possible bug in net/ipv4/route.c?
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Le lundi 05 juillet 2010 à 20:06 +0800, Herbert Xu a écrit :
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 2) The layer using skb->cb[] should clear this area after use and
> >> before handing the skb to another layer. Ubicom should modify the
> >> driver to clear the skb->cb[] area before sending it up the line.
> >>
> >
> > This is the right option. If you use one word in cb[], only your driver
> > knows how to clear it efficiently.
>
> Absolutely not! No protocol stack should rely on an external skb
> having a zero cb.
>

Why do we clear full 48 bytes skb->cb[] in skb_alloc(), if no protocol
stack should rely it being zero ?



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