Re: [patch] smaller kernels

Bill Davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:49:24 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, David S. Miller wrote:

> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:56:05 +1100
>
> And I'm not sure DaveM'll appreciate this:
>
> > static inline char *__skb_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
> > {
> > skb->len-=len;
> > - if (skb->len < skb->data_len)
> > - BUG();
> > return skb->data+=len;
> > }
>
> Rusty's right, I definitely won't take this, it catches problems
> %99 of the time in the place that causes it.

But, it makes the kernel smaller. And faster! ;-)

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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