Re: [PATCH/RESEND net 5/5][NON-TRIVIAL] drivers/net/ethernet:dev_alloc_skb to netdev_alloc_skb

From: Pradeep A. Dalvi
Date: Mon Jan 23 2012 - 16:30:14 EST


On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Le mardi 24 janvier 2012 à 02:24 +0530, Pradeep A. Dalvi a écrit :
>> Replaced deprecating dev_alloc_skb with netdev_alloc_skb in drivers/net/ethernet
>>   - Removed extra skb->dev = dev after netdev_alloc_skb
>>
>
>
>>
>>  /* Initialize the LANCE Rx and Tx rings. */
>>  static void
>> -lance_init_ring(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t gfp)
>> +lance_init_ring(struct net_device *dev)
>>  {
>>       struct lance_private *lp = dev->ml_priv;
>>       int i;
>> @@ -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);
>>               lp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
>> -             if (skb) {
>> -                     skb->dev = dev;
>> +             if (skb)
>>                       rx_buff = skb->data;
>> -             } else
>> -                     rx_buff = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_DMA | gfp);
>> +             else
>> +                     rx_buff = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_DMA | GFP_AUTOMIC);
>>               if (rx_buff == NULL)
>>                       lp->rx_ring[i].base = 0;
>>               else
>
> Thats really crap, please dont send us such patches, not even compiled.
>
> alloc_skb() has nothing to do with dev_alloc_skb(), and there is a
> reason GFP_DMA is used in this driver.

Would drop these changes and resubmit the patch. Thanks!
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