> 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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