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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] mbuf: Add rte_pktmbuf_copy
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On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 17:23:05 +0000
Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com> wrote:

>  +	} while ((md = md->next) != NULL);
> >> +
> >> +	*prev = NULL;  
> 
> why this?
This is null terminating the linked list of segments.