netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] e1000: increase skb size to prevent dma over skb boundary

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Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:19:43 +0100
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	davem@...emloft.net, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] e1000: increase skb size to prevent dma over skb 
	boundary

2009/12/7 Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>:
> Update e1000 driver to not allow dma beyond the end of the allocated skb
>
[...]
> +static inline u32 normalize_rx_len(u32 len)
> +{
> +        u32 match, last_match;
> +
> +
> +        for (match = 0x100; match <= 0x4000; match *= 2) {
> +                if (len <= match)
> +                        return match;
> +        }
> +
> +        return 0;
> +}
> +

You could use roundup_pow_of_two() instead.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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