RE: reasons for dev_alloc_skb +16?
From: Hen, Shmulik <hidden>
Date: 2003-07-09 15:35:33
Could be for alignment issues. Or preparation for things like 8021q tagging. Shmulik.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@pobox.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 6:26 PM To: netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: reasons for dev_alloc_skb +16? I knew this at one time, but have forgotten it :) What is the reason for adding 16 to the dev_alloc_skb length? (and skb_reserve of the same length) Jeff