[PATCH] net: dont use __netdev_alloc_skb for bounce buffer
From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-02 18:36:16
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> commit a1c7fff7e1 (net: netdev_alloc_skb() use build_skb()) broke b44 on some 64bit machines. It appears b44 and b43 use __netdev_alloc_skb() instead of alloc_skb() for their bounce buffers. There is no need to add an extra NET_SKB_PAD reservation for bounce buffers : - In TX path, NET_SKB_PAD is useless - In RX path in b44, we force a copy of incoming frames if GFP_DMA allocations were needed. Reported-and-bisected-by: Stefan Bader [off-list ref] Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
index 46b8b7d..d09c6b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int b44_alloc_rx_skb(struct b44 *bp, int src_idx, u32 dest_idx_unmasked) dma_unmap_single(bp->sdev->dma_dev, mapping, RX_PKT_BUF_SZ, DMA_FROM_DEVICE); dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); - skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(bp->dev, RX_PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_ATOMIC|GFP_DMA); + skb = alloc_skb(RX_PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA); if (skb == NULL) return -ENOMEM; mapping = dma_map_single(bp->sdev->dma_dev, skb->data,
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t b44_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) dma_unmap_single(bp->sdev->dma_dev, mapping, len, DMA_TO_DEVICE); - bounce_skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, len, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA); + bounce_skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA); if (!bounce_skb) goto err_out;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c
index f1f8bd0..c8baf02 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int dma_tx_fragment(struct b43legacy_dmaring *ring, meta->dmaaddr = map_descbuffer(ring, skb->data, skb->len, 1); /* create a bounce buffer in zone_dma on mapping failure. */ if (b43legacy_dma_mapping_error(ring, meta->dmaaddr, skb->len, 1)) { - bounce_skb = __dev_alloc_skb(skb->len, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA); + bounce_skb = alloc_skb(skb->len, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA); if (!bounce_skb) { ring->current_slot = old_top_slot; ring->used_slots = old_used_slots;