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




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