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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: don't resize skbs needlessly

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On Tue, 2014-07-29 at 15:39 +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> From: Ido Yariv <ido@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Header-less cloned skbs with sufficient headroom need not be cloned
> unless the tailroom is going to be modified.
> 
> Fix ieee80211_skb_resize so it would only resize cloned skbs if either
> the header isn't released or the tailroom is going to be modified.
> 
> Some drivers might have assumed that skbs are never cloned, so add a HW
> flag that explicitly permits cloned TX skbs. Drivers which do not modify
> TX skbs should set this flag to avoid copying skbs.

Applied.

johannes

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