include/linux/skbuff.h says:
/* These elements must be at the end, see alloc_skb() for details. */
net/core/skbuff.c says:
* See comment in sk_buff definition, just before the 'tail' member
This patch contains my guess as to the actual reason rather than a
dead comment reference loop.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
goto nodata;
/*
- * See comment in sk_buff definition, just before the 'tail' member
+ * Only clear those fields we need to clear, not those that we will
+ * actually initialise below. Hence, don't put any more fields after
+ * the tail pointer in struct sk_buff!
*/
memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, tail));
skb->truesize = size + sizeof(struct sk_buff);