Set the kernel as an extra user of SKBs that are sent out. #171
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This should be used in conjunction with the kernel patch. The patch makes sure that SKBs in socket's TX path are freed with kfree_skb() and not __kfree_skb(). kfree_skb() pays attention to the number of users SKB currently has, whereas __kfree_skb() frees SKBs unconditionally. With these two patches together SKBs can be freed safely at any time.
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Set the kernel as an extra user of SKBs that are sent out.
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This should be used in conjunction with the kernel patch. The patch makes sure
that SKBs in socket's TX path are freed with kfree_skb() and not __kfree_skb().
kfree_skb() pays attention to the number of users SKB currently has, whereas
__kfree_skb() frees SKBs unconditionally. With these two patches together SKBs
can be freed safely at any time.