linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/9] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Fix SGT allocation

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:44:12 -0500
From:   Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Fix SGT allocation

We mistakenly allocate space for too many entries in the
scatter-gather table of multi buffer egress frames.

While it doesn't have a negative impact from a functional
point of view, it wastes resources so fix it.

Signed-off-by: Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
---
 drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
index 9994922..14bd8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int build_sg_fd(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 
 	/* Prepare the HW SGT structure */
 	sgt_buf_size = priv->tx_data_offset +
-		       sizeof(struct dpaa2_sg_entry) * (1 + num_dma_bufs);
+		       sizeof(struct dpaa2_sg_entry) *  num_dma_bufs;
 	sgt_buf = netdev_alloc_frag(sgt_buf_size + DPAA2_ETH_TX_BUF_ALIGN);
 	if (unlikely(!sgt_buf)) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.7.4