[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/8] kni: use netdev_alloc_skb

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

From: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>

netdev_alloc_skb is optimized to any alignment or setup
of skb->dev that is required. The kernel has chosen to not pad
packets on x86 (for many years), because it is faster.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c | 17 +++--------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
index c86337d099ab..cce5e7eb991f 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
+++ b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
@@ -340,16 +340,13 @@ kni_net_rx_normal(struct kni_dev *kni)
 		data_kva = kva2data_kva(kva);
 		kni->va[i] = pa2va(kni->pa[i], kva);
 
-		skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + 2);
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, len);
 		if (!skb) {
 			/* Update statistics */
 			kni->stats.rx_dropped++;
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* Align IP on 16B boundary */
-		skb_reserve(skb, 2);
-
 		if (kva->nb_segs == 1) {
 			memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), data_kva, len);
 		} else {
@@ -368,7 +365,6 @@ kni_net_rx_normal(struct kni_dev *kni)
 			}
 		}
 
-		skb->dev = dev;
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 
@@ -512,26 +508,20 @@ kni_net_rx_lo_fifo_skb(struct kni_dev *kni)
 		data_kva = kva2data_kva(kva);
 		kni->va[i] = pa2va(kni->pa[i], kva);
 
-		skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + 2);
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, len);
 		if (skb) {
-			/* Align IP on 16B boundary */
-			skb_reserve(skb, 2);
 			memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), data_kva, len);
-			skb->dev = dev;
 			skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 		}
 
 		/* Simulate real usage, allocate/copy skb twice */
-		skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + 2);
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, len);
 		if (skb == NULL) {
 			kni->stats.rx_dropped++;
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* Align IP on 16B boundary */
-		skb_reserve(skb, 2);
-
 		if (kva->nb_segs == 1) {
 			memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), data_kva, len);
 		} else {
@@ -550,7 +540,6 @@ kni_net_rx_lo_fifo_skb(struct kni_dev *kni)
 			}
 		}
 
-		skb->dev = dev;
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 
 		kni->stats.rx_bytes += len;
-- 
2.20.1