Re: [Linux-ATM-General] Re: network driver that uses skb destructor

[contractor]

i wouldnt think skb chaining is absolutely necessary.  if your driver/layer
needs a copy of the data within the skb, it should call skb_clone.  this
lets your layer do whatever it needs with the skb headers et al while not
making copies of the data right?

In message <200312301048.06261.baldrick@xxxxxxx>,Duncan Sands writes:
>> I wrote a patch to allow chaining of skb destructors, which was fairly
>> simple and would allow both the driver and the upper layers to set
>> their destructors. If there's any interet, I could probably resurrect
>> it.
>
>It may also be useful for the ATM layer.  At the moment there is a
>vcc->pop routine that frees skb's, it should really be a destructor.
>Check out this email:
>	http://www.atm.tut.fi/list-archive/linux-atm/msg05485.html
>However AFAICS destructors would need to be chained.
>
>Duncan.
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