Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:09:55 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: Add back alignment for size for __alloc_skb | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:55:11 +0100
> There is a problem with your kmalloc() or alignments on your architecture. > > What is the SMP_CACHE_BYTES value ?
kmalloc() behavior doesn't have anything to do with this bug.
The issue is calculation of skb->end, which is based upon calculated 'size' variable.
skb->end determines alignment of skb_shared_info, which is where the alignment problem is occuring for Tony.
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