net: lpc_eth: no need to reserve 8 extra bytes in rx skb
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:02:11 +0000 (12:02 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 4 Apr 2012 22:08:49 +0000 (18:08 -0400)
Probably a leftover from ancient code...

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c

index 6dfc26d..d3469d8 100644 (file)
@@ -990,10 +990,10 @@ static int __lpc_handle_recv(struct net_device *ndev, int budget)
                        ndev->stats.rx_errors++;
                } else {
                        /* Packet is good */
-                       skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + 8);
-                       if (!skb)
+                       skb = dev_alloc_skb(len);
+                       if (!skb) {
                                ndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
-                       else {
+                       else {
                                prdbuf = skb_put(skb, len);
 
                                /* Copy packet from buffer */