linux-kernel - [PATCH 3 of 5] xen-netfront: Avoid unaligned accesses to IP header

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Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:50:42 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@...inux.co.jp>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH 3 of 5] xen-netfront: Avoid unaligned accesses to IP
	header

From: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@...inux.co.jp>

Align ip header to a 16 byte boundary to avoid unaligned
access like other drivers.
Without this patch, xen-netfront doesn't work well on ia64.

[ Jeff, this is the only patch in the series which is in your
  territory. -J ]

Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@...inux.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -239,10 +239,13 @@
 	 */
 	batch_target = np->rx_target - (req_prod - np->rx.rsp_cons);
 	for (i = skb_queue_len(&np->rx_batch); i < batch_target; i++) {
-		skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, RX_COPY_THRESHOLD,
+		skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, RX_COPY_THRESHOLD + NET_IP_ALIGN,
 					 GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (unlikely(!skb))
 			goto no_skb;
+
+		/* Align ip header to a 16 bytes boundary */
+		skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
 		page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!page) {


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