Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: skbuff changes between 2.0 and 2.2 | Date | Wed, 8 Mar 2000 00:34:03 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> there are two other changes i don't understand. dev_free_skb used to take > a mode flag and no longer does. skbuff used to also have a free flag in it > that is gone. how is this handled now?
The skbuff knows what direction of queue it was on, the free flag is gone as drivers are now fed cloned buffers
> also, there used to be a pointer data_skb that is gone. is the current skb > always the data skb now?
its none of your business to poke inside it now - if you need to get a copy you can alter the data in use the skb_* functions - skb_unshare()
Alan
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