netdev - Re: [PATCH] bna: use netdev_alloc_skb_ip

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Date:	Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:09:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rmody@...cade.com, ddutt@...cade.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bna: use netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:29:30 +0200

> Some workloads need some headroom (NET_SKB_PAD) to avoid expensive
> reallocations.
> 
> Using netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() instead of bare skb_alloc() brings the
> NET_IP_ALIGN and the NET_SKB_PAD headroom.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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