* The data behind the ieee80211 header must be
* aligned on a 4 byte boundary.
*/
- align = NET_IP_ALIGN + (2 * (header_size % 4 == 0));
+ align = header_size % 4;
/*
* Allocate the sk_buffer, initialize it and copy
* Allocate a new sk buffer to replace the current one.
* If allocation fails, we should drop the current frame
* so we can recycle the existing sk buffer for the new frame.
+ * As alignment we use 2 and not NET_IP_ALIGN because we need
+ * to be sure we have 2 bytes room in the head. (NET_IP_ALIGN
+ * can be 0 on some hardware). We use these 2 bytes for frame
+ * alignment later, we assume that the chance that
+ * header_size % 4 == 2 is bigger then header_size % 2 == 0
+ * and thus optimize alignment by reserving the 2 bytes in
+ * advance.
*/
frame_size = entry->ring->data_size + entry->ring->desc_size;
- skb = dev_alloc_skb(frame_size + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+ skb = dev_alloc_skb(frame_size + 2);
if (!skb)
goto skip_entry;
- skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
+ skb_reserve(skb, 2);
skb_put(skb, frame_size);
/*