Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/9] deadlock prevention core
From: Daniel Phillips <hidden>
Date: 2006-08-09 01:34:57
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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