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[RFC,03/19] staging: qlge: alloc skb with only enough room for header when data is put in the fragments

Message ID 20210621134902.83587-4-coiby.xu@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State RFC
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Series Improve the qlge driver based on drivers/staging/qlge/TODO | expand

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netdev/tree_selection success Not a local patch

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Coiby Xu June 21, 2021, 1:48 p.m. UTC 
Data is put in the fragments. No need to alloc a skb with unnecessarily
large data buffer.

Suggested-by: Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/qlge/TODO        | 2 --
 drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO b/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO
index 0e26fac1ddc5..49cb09fc2be4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/TODO
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ 
   ql_build_rx_skb(). That function is now used exclusively to handle packets
   that underwent header splitting but it still contains code to handle non
   split cases.
-* in the "chain of large buffers" case, the driver uses an skb allocated with
-  head room but only puts data in the frags.
 * rename "rx" queues to "completion" queues. Calling tx completion queues "rx
   queues" is confusing.
 * struct rx_ring is used for rx and tx completions, with some members relevant
diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 6dd69b689a58..c91969b01bd5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@  static void qlge_process_mac_rx_page(struct qlge_adapter *qdev,
 	struct napi_struct *napi = &rx_ring->napi;
 	size_t hlen = ETH_HLEN;
 
-	skb = netdev_alloc_skb(ndev, length);
+	skb = napi_alloc_skb(&rx_ring->napi, SMALL_BUFFER_SIZE);
 	if (!skb) {
 		rx_ring->rx_dropped++;
 		put_page(lbq_desc->p.pg_chunk.page);
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@  static struct sk_buff *qlge_build_rx_skb(struct qlge_adapter *qdev,
 			 * jumbo mtu on a non-TCP/UDP frame.
 			 */
 			lbq_desc = qlge_get_curr_lchunk(qdev, rx_ring);
-			skb = netdev_alloc_skb(qdev->ndev, length);
+			skb = napi_alloc_skb(&rx_ring->napi, SMALL_BUFFER_SIZE);
 			if (!skb) {
 				netif_printk(qdev, probe, KERN_DEBUG, qdev->ndev,
 					     "No skb available, drop the packet.\n");