netdev - [PATCH] b44: use netdev_alloc_skb_ip

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Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:49:56 +0100
From:	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	zambrano@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Subject: [PATCH] b44: use netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align()

Without this patch b44 always allocates the 2 bytes needed for aligned
access on every platform, now it uses netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align().

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
index c030274..a7efec2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.c
@@ -809,11 +809,10 @@ static int b44_rx(struct b44 *bp, int budget)
 			struct sk_buff *copy_skb;
 
 			b44_recycle_rx(bp, cons, bp->rx_prod);
-			copy_skb = netdev_alloc_skb(bp->dev, len + 2);
+			copy_skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(bp->dev, len);
 			if (copy_skb == NULL)
 				goto drop_it_no_recycle;
 
-			skb_reserve(copy_skb, 2);
 			skb_put(copy_skb, len);
 			/* DMA sync done above, copy just the actual packet */
 			skb_copy_from_linear_data_offset(skb, RX_PKT_OFFSET,
-- 
1.7.10.4

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