On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 07:16:31PM +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
wrote:
> > >then skb_alloc adds a little
> > >(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)) at the end, and this ends up
> > >in 32k request just for 9k jumbo frame.
> > 
> > Strange, why this skb_shared_info cannon be added before first alignment? 
> > And what about smaller frames like 1500, does this driver behave similar 
> > (first align then add)?
> 
> It can be.
> Could attached  (completely untested) patch help?

Actually this patch will not help, this new one could.

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index da62db8..1514628 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3978,9 +3978,11 @@ e1000_alloc_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adap
        buffer_info = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
 
        while (cleaned_count--) {
-               if (!(skb = buffer_info->skb))
+               if (!(skb = buffer_info->skb)) {
+                       if (SKB_DATA_ALIGN(adapter->hw.max_frame_size) + 
sizeof(struct skb_shared_info) <= bufsz)
+                               bufsz -= sizeof(struct skb_shared_info);
                        skb = dev_alloc_skb(bufsz);
-               else {
+               } else {
                        skb_trim(skb, 0);
                        goto map_skb;
                }

-- 
        Evgeniy Polyakov
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