linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: Add netdev_alloc_skb_ip

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Message-Id: <20091007.224036.247820677.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:40:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	thomas@...ron.com.tw, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	thierry.reding@...onic-design.de, nios2-dev@...c.et.ntust.edu.tw,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Add netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() helper

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:11:23 +0200

> David, maybe we should add following helper :
> 
> [PATCH] net: Add netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() helper
> 
> Instead of hardcoding NET_IP_ALIGN stuff in various network drivers, we can
> add a helper around netdev_alloc_skb()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Looks ok, but I want to look at how often this exact sequence
would match.  If it applies to a lot of cases, I'll add this
but I know of many exceptions in my head already :-)
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