Re: [PATCH/RESEND] drivers/net/ethernet: dev_alloc_skb to netdev_alloc_skb

From: Pradeep A. Dalvi
Date: Mon Jan 23 2012 - 14:19:34 EST


On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 23:58 +0530, Pradeep A. Dalvi wrote:
>> Replaced deprecating dev_alloc_skb with netdev_alloc_skb in drivers/net/ethernet
>>   - Removed extra skb->dev = dev after netdev_alloc_skb
> []
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
> []
>> @@ -871,13 +871,12 @@ lance_init_ring(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t gfp)
>>               struct sk_buff *skb;
>>               void *rx_buff;
>>
>> -             skb = alloc_skb(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_DMA | gfp);
>> +             skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, PKT_BUF_SZ);
>
> This change seems suspect.
> I stopped reading here.
>
> Perhaps you should break this large patch
> into multiple separate patches.
>
> The trivial, obviously correct
> and the possibly broken.

Not really sure what made you suspect something in here. If you could
help me understand possibly broken scenarios, would essentially be
helpful. Thanks in advance!
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