netdev - [PATCH] net: lpc_eth: no need to reserve 8 extra bytes in rx skb

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Message-ID: <1333490531.18626.336.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:02:11 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Roland Stigge <stigge@...com.de>
Subject: [PATCH] net: lpc_eth: no need to reserve 8 extra bytes in rx skb

Probably a leftover from ancient code...

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: Roland Stigge <stigge@...com.de>
---
This was mentioned in one of my review but ignored/lost.

 drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
index 6dfc26d..d3469d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
@@ -990,10 +990,10 @@ static int __lpc_handle_recv(struct net_device *ndev, int budget)
 			ndev->stats.rx_errors++;
 		} else {
 			/* Packet is good */
-			skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + 8);
-			if (!skb)
+			skb = dev_alloc_skb(len);
+			if (!skb) {
 				ndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
-			else {
+			} else {
 				prdbuf = skb_put(skb, len);
 
 				/* Copy packet from buffer */


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