> I guess the question is: Is is it possible that the Ethernet driver > and/or IP layer give you non-linear skbuffs. if yes, then I better be > linearizing them before analyzing the pkt data. right? Zero-copy TX codepath can give you non-linear skb's, and its nice to handle them as non-linear skb's, so that zero-copy will stay as zero-copy all the way upto the driver. Although I am sure there are numerous NETFILTER hooks out there that will linearize it, if not your module. Take your pick Dheeraj - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html