From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-iy0-f171.google.com (mail-iy0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6265201757 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:56:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by iaen33 with SMTP id n33so2551385iae.16 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:56:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OCcN2obxsVX7mZsursOKStKnDCsvNkS7ASXxyDNo0Aw=; b=c+pyzsrxZxJVQNV83mhvd4C/R5TwpUXYDkc5Zs4N/WUQ4zcbRDpSDuozLzd3OumMXF eI9/dwScfAdHk4FxByjTT3GzF/tUpOC53TjAcTILkBvVnzW8k3HVgT6nQQdBlXUumj0B wUM1IY6e/Bj96ur9oLl9HsKbAjn7Y4YLidb+U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.29.103 with SMTP id p39mr1552791ibc.28.1322726208089; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:56:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.153.65 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:56:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:56:48 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Good documentation on how skbs are handled From: Dave Taht To: David Miller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: bloat-devel X-BeenThere: bloat-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers working on AQM, device drivers, and networking stacks" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:56:48 -0000 > Patches welcome, otherwise: > > http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/skb.html Wow. This piece of doc on how and why skbs were structured as they are was excellent. I have found poking around at this layer both mysterious and terrifying. Now it's merely terrifying. --=20 Dave T=E4ht SKYPE: davetaht US Tel: 1-239-829-5608 FR Tel: 0638645374 http://www.bufferbloat.net