Re: [PATCH net] amd/lance.c: dev_alloc_skb to netdev_alloc_skb

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

Le jeudi 26 janvier 2012 à 00:16 +0530, Pradeep A. Dalvi a écrit :
> Replaced deprecating dev_alloc_skb with netdev_alloc_skb for amd/lance.c
>   - Removed extra skb->dev = dev
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pradeep A. Dalvi <netdev@pradeepdalvi.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c |    9 ++++-----
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
> index a6e2e84..a8a6b45 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
> @@ -871,12 +871,11 @@ 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, GFP_DMA | gfp);

Nack

As I already explained, alloc_skb() and netdev_alloc_skb() are
different.

Why do you repost this ?

nedev_alloc_skb() adds NET_SKB_PAD bytes.

This driver doesnt need this extra space.

(In fact it could use kmalloc(), since the skb themselves are not used
at all : At RX time, we perform a copybreak)