Re: skbuff query

[Muthukumar Ratty <muthu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> 696 static inline void skb_unlink(struct sk_buff *skb)
> 697 {
> 698         struct sk_buff_head *list = skb->list;
> 699
> 700         if(list) {
> 701                 unsigned long flags;
> 702
> 703                 spin_lock_irqsave(&list->lock,


By the time you get the lock things would've changed. So the check is
necessary.
Muthu.


> flags);
> 704                 if(skb->list == list)
> 705                         __skb_unlink(skb,
> skb->list);
> 706
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&list->lock, flags);
> 707         }
> 708 }
>
>
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