From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/usbnet: reserve headroom on rx skbs Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:02:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20120316.020210.382790286150729745.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1331744185.6022.25.camel@edumazet-glaptop> <201203151801.03399.oneukum@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org To: oneukum@suse.de Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:36381 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965068Ab2CPJCS convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:02:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <201203151801.03399.oneukum@suse.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: =46rom: Oliver Neukum Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:01:03 +0100 > Am Mittwoch, 14. M=E4rz 2012, 17:56:25 schrieb Eric Dumazet: >> network drivers should reserve some headroom on incoming skbs so tha= t we >> dont need expensive reallocations, eg forwarding packets in tunnels. >>=20 >> This NET_SKB_PAD padding is done in various helpers, like >> __netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() in this patch, combining NET_SKB_PAD a= nd >> NET_IP_ALIGN magic. >>=20 >> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet >> Cc: Oliver Neukum >> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Acked-by: Oliver Neukum Applied.