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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with dev_kfree_skb_any() in 2.6.0
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:12:21 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Think about the name of this function:  dev_kfree_skb_any()
> 
> If this function cannot be used -anywhere-, then the concept (and the 
> net stack) is fundamentally broken for this function.  We must _remove_ 
> the function, and thus _I_ have a lot of driver work to do.

If it makes you happy, change the suffix of the name, I am
not emotionally attached to the name.