Re: [PATCH V2 net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit()

[David Miller]

From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:59:48 -0700

> Commit b08cc79155fc26d0d112b1470d1ece5034651a4b eliminated memory
> allocation in the packet send path:
> 
>     "hv_netvsc: Eliminate memory allocation in the packet send path
> 
>     The network protocol used to communicate with the host is the remote ndis (rndis)
>     protocol. We need to decorate each outgoing packet with a rndis header and
>     additional rndis state (rndis per-packet state). To manage this state, we
>     currently allocate memory in the transmit path. Eliminate this allocation by
>     requesting additional head room in the skb."
> 
> This commit introduced a bug since it did not account for the case if the skb
> was cloned. Fix this bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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