linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Don't account SWA in tx_data

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:34:03 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@....com>
Cc:     Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Don't account SWA in
 tx_data_offset

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 02:31:22PM +0000, Bogdan Purcareata wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@...cle.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 5:27 PM
> > To: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@....com>
> > Cc: Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>;
> > gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Don't account SWA in
> > tx_data_offset
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 02:11:34PM +0000, Bogdan Purcareata wrote:
> > > When configuring the Tx buffer layout, the software annotation size is
> > > mentioned, and MC accounts for it when configuring the frame
> > > tx_data_offset. No need to handle it in the driver as well.
> > >
> > 
> > The impact is that we allocate slightly less memory right?
> 
> Yes, 64B per frame.

Ok.  Cool.  Please put this kind of stuff in the changelog.  At first I
thought it was maybe a buffer overflow just from reading what was in the
email without looking at the code.

regards,
dan carpenter