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    SubjectRe: Data corruption issue with splice() on 2.6.27.10
    On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 01:52:01PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
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    > Evgeniy, I'd like to understand something related to our apparent lack of
    > knowledge of when the data is effectively transmitted. If we're focusing
    > on the send part, I can't understand why I never reproduce the corruption
    > when the data source is a file or loopback, but I only see it when the source
    > is an ethernet interface. How is it possible that a problem affecting only

    It doesn't happen with a file because in that case you don't
    start with an skb so there is no skb->head. It probably doesn't
    happen with loopback because loopback does GSO so again skb->head
    does not exist (so to speak).

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