Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:34:43 -0700 | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/9] deadlock prevention core |
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Thomas Graf wrote: > skb->dev is not guaranteed to still point to the "allocating" device > once the skb is freed again so reserve/unreserve isn't symmetric. > You'd need skb->alloc_dev or something.
Can you please characterize the conditions under which skb->dev changes after the alloc? Are there writings on this subtlety?
Regards,
Daniel
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