linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 6/8] thunderbolt: Networking transmit and receive

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:07:41 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Amir Levy <amir.jer.levy@...el.com>
Cc:	andreas.noever@...il.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	bhelgaas@...gle.com, corbet@....net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, thunderbolt-linux@...el.com,
	mika.westerberg@...el.com, tomas.winkler@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/8] thunderbolt: Networking transmit and receive

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:15:19 +0300
Amir Levy <amir.jer.levy@...el.com> wrote:

> +		/* pad short packets */
> +		if (unlikely(skb->len < ETH_ZLEN)) {
> +			int pad_len = ETH_ZLEN - skb->len;
> +
> +			/* The skb is freed on error */
> +			if (unlikely(skb_pad(skb, pad_len))) {
> +				cleaned_count += frame_count;
> +				continue;
> +			}
> +			__skb_put(skb, pad_len);
> +		}

Packets should be padded on transmit, not on receive??