Re: [net PATCH] atl1c: Fix misuse of netdev_alloc_skb in refilling rx ring

Neil Horman
2013-07-28T10:44:46Z

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 08:02:05PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:59:43 -0700
>
> > If a hardware needs frame being in a single 4K page, its driver must do
> > its own allocation, or add appropriate aligning logic.
>
> Whatever the cause the original patch in this thread is not the
> correct fix and I've thus reverted it.
>

So what exactly is the consensus here? We can certainly modify the patch to
ensure allocation on a 4k boundary, and within a unique 4k page, but thats just
a guess at the problem, and the Qualcomm people have been silent on the issue
for weeks now.

Neil