netdev - Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Increase skb headroom size to 256 bytes

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Date:   Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:30:32 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     suresh.reddy@...adcom.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kalesh-anakkur.purayil@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Increase skb headroom size to 256 bytes

From: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:14:30 -0500

> From: Kalesh A P <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@...adcom.com>
> 
> The driver currently allocates 128 bytes of skb headroom.
> This was found to be insufficient with some configurations
> like Geneve tunnels, which resulted in skb head reallocations.
> 
> Increase the headroom to 256 bytes to fix this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kalesh A P <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@...adcom.com>

Adding 128 bytes of headroom just for geneve seems excessive.

Do you really need to add that much?