netdev - Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: sparse warning fix

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Date:	Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:22:35 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: sparse warning fix

Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> :
[...]
> Shouldn't this be:
> 
> 	if (pkt_len < rx_copybreak) {
> 		skb = dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + 2);
> 		if (!skb) {
> 			bad_news! (like the refill rx ring buffers block)
> 		}

It is not that bad a news: the rx_copybreak optimization is lost but it
is still possible to push the data up the stack.

-- 
Ueimor
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