netdev - Re: [PATCH] wpan: use GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP

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Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:20:03 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
Cc:	alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com, dbaryshkov@...il.com,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wpan: use GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 19:00 +0100, Alexander Aring wrote:

> I don't know how I can do that. head is a temp buffer.
> At the end of this function stands:
> 
> memcpy(skb_push(skb, pos), head, pos)
> 
> and 'pos' is determined at runtime. skb_push will add data to the
> start of buffer, so head buffer will be at the start of skb. I don't
> know where I should manipulate the skb buffer at beginning of this function.

Please try :

diff --git a/net/mac802154/wpan.c b/net/mac802154/wpan.c
index 199b922..d18f2ac 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/wpan.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/wpan.c
@@ -137,16 +137,12 @@ static int mac802154_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct ieee802154_addr dev_addr;
 	struct mac802154_sub_if_data *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int pos = 2;
-	u8 *head;
+	u8 head[MAC802154_FRAME_HARD_HEADER_LEN];
 	u16 fc;
 
 	if (!daddr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	head = kzalloc(MAC802154_FRAME_HARD_HEADER_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (head == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	head[pos++] = mac_cb(skb)->seq; /* DSN/BSN */
 	fc = mac_cb_type(skb);
 
@@ -210,7 +206,6 @@ static int mac802154_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	head[1] = fc >> 8;
 
 	memcpy(skb_push(skb, pos), head, pos);
-	kfree(head);
 
 	return pos;
 }


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