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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RESEND] drivers/net/ethernet: dev_alloc_skb to
 netdev_alloc_skb
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:56:01 -0800
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Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
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On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 00:49 +0530, Pradeep A. Dalvi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 23:58 +0530, Pradeep A. Dalvi wrote:
> >> Replaced deprecating dev_alloc_skb with netdev_alloc_skb in drivers/net/ethernet
> >>   - Removed extra skb->dev = dev after netdev_alloc_skb
> > []
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
> > []
> >> @@ -871,13 +871,12 @@ lance_init_ring(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t gfp)
> >>               struct sk_buff *skb;
> >>               void *rx_buff;
> >>
> >> -             skb = alloc_skb(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_DMA | gfp);
> >> +             skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, PKT_BUF_SZ);
> >
> > This change seems suspect.
> Not really sure what made you suspect something in here. If you could
> help me understand possibly broken scenarios, would essentially be
> helpful. Thanks in advance!

Where did the GFP_DMA go?