Re: pskb_copy() in tcp_transmit_skb()

Eric,

On Tuesday 13 September 2011 wrote Eric Dumazet:

I suggest you read dev_queue_xmit_nit() : Every xmit packet can be
cloned right here.

By the time tcp_retransmit_skb() is called, cloned skb might still be
in a AF_PACKET queue (or even a device TX queue)

Thanks for the clear answer.

So, basically every call to tcp_retransmit_skb on an skb that is also still 
hold in an AF_PACKET queue will end up in pskb_copy, because:
1. it has been cloned previously in tcp_transmit_skb()
2. The data_ref > 1 because it's clone is still in an AF_PACKET queue.

Please correct me, if I'm wrong.

Christoph


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