Re: [PATCH net] stmmac: Revert "stmmac: align RX buffers"

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Aug 20 2021 - 17:46:14 EST


On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:30:02 +0100 Marc Zyngier wrote:
> This reverts commit a955318fe67e ("stmmac: align RX buffers"),
> which breaks at least one platform (Nvidia Jetson-X1), causing
> packet corruption. This is 100% reproducible, and reverting
> the patch results in a working system again.
>
> Given that it is "only" a performance optimisation, let's
> return to a known working configuration until we can have a
> good understanding of what is happening here.

Seems reasonable. Hopefully it wont discourage Matteo from revisiting
the optimization. Applied, thanks!