Re: [PATCH 22/25] xen: xen-netfront: use skb.cb for storing private data

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 02:57:00PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Netfront's use of nh.raw and h.raw for storing page+offset is a bit
> hinky, and it breaks with upcoming network stack updates which reduce
> these fields to sub-pointer sizes.  Fortunately, skb offers the "cb"
> field specifically for stashing this kind of info, so use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
> Cc: Chris Wright <[email protected]>
> Cc: Christian Limpach <[email protected]>

Thanks Jeremy.  The patch looks good.

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