From 5b057c6b1a25d57edf2b4d1e956e50936480a9ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Herbert Xu Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:06:41 -0700 Subject: [NET]: Avoid allocating skb in skb_pad First of all it is unnecessary to allocate a new skb in skb_pad since the existing one is not shared. More importantly, our hard_start_xmit interface does not allow a new skb to be allocated since that breaks requeueing. This patch uses pskb_expand_head to expand the existing skb and linearize it if needed. Actually, someone should sift through every instance of skb_pad on a non-linear skb as they do not fit the reasons why this was originally created. Incidentally, this fixes a minor bug when the skb is cloned (tcpdump, TCP, etc.). As it is skb_pad will simply write over a cloned skb. Because of the position of the write it is unlikely to cause problems but still it's best if we don't do it. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/lance.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/lance.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/lance.c b/drivers/net/lance.c index bb5ad479210..c1c3452c90c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/lance.c +++ b/drivers/net/lance.c @@ -968,8 +968,7 @@ static int lance_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) /* The old LANCE chips doesn't automatically pad buffers to min. size. */ if (chip_table[lp->chip_version].flags & LANCE_MUST_PAD) { if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN) { - skb = skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN); - if (skb == NULL) + if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) goto out; lp->tx_ring[entry].length = -ETH_ZLEN; } -- cgit v1.2.3