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2010-05-10net: trans_start cleanupsEric Dumazet
Now that core network takes care of trans_start updates, dont do it in drivers themselves, if possible. Drivers can avoid one cache miss (on dev->trans_start) in their start_xmit() handler. Exceptions are NETIF_F_LLTX drivers Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-02Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2010-04-28net/sb1250: register mdio bus in probeSebastian Siewior
"ifconfig eth0 up && ifconfig eth0 down" triggers: | kobject (a8000000cfa5a480): tried to init an initialized object, something is seriously wrong. | Call Trace: | [<ffffffff8010aabc>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34 | [<ffffffff80293128>] kobject_init+0xe8/0xf0 | [<ffffffff802d922c>] device_initialize+0x2c/0x98 | [<ffffffff802d9cfc>] device_register+0x14/0x28 | [<ffffffff80312cd4>] mdiobus_register+0xdc/0x1e0 | [<ffffffff80314cf0>] sbmac_open+0x58/0x220 | [<ffffffff803519bc>] __dev_open+0x11c/0x180 | [<ffffffff8034d578>] __dev_change_flags+0x120/0x180 | [<ffffffff80351848>] dev_change_flags+0x20/0x78 | [<ffffffff803a753c>] devinet_ioctl+0x7cc/0x820 | [<ffffffff80339ac8>] sock_do_ioctl+0x38/0x90 | [<ffffffff8033a258>] compat_sock_ioctl_trans+0x408/0x1030 | [<ffffffff8033af30>] compat_sock_ioctl+0xb0/0xd0 | [<ffffffff80208b08>] compat_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0x18b8 | [<ffffffff80102f94>] handle_sys+0x114/0x130 | | sb1250-mac-mdio: probed mdiobus_register() calls device_register() which initializes the kobj of the device. mdiobus_unregister() calls only device_del() so we have one reference left. That one is leaving with mdiobus_free() which is only called on remove. Since I don't see any reason why mdiobus_register()/mdiobus_unregister() should happen in ->open()/->close() I move them to probe & exit. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-27net/sb1250: setup the pdevice within the soc codeSebastian Andrzej Siewior
doing it within the driver does not look good. And surely isn't how platform devices were meat to be used. Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-27net/sb1250: remove CONFIG_SIBYTE_STANDALONESebastian Andrzej Siewior
CONFIG_SIBYTE_STANDALONE is gone since v2.6.31-rc1 ("MIPS: Sibyte: Remove standalone kernel support") This is a missing piece. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-06NET: sb1250: Fix compile warning in driverRalf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03net: convert multicast list to list_headJiri Pirko
Converts the list and the core manipulating with it to be the same as uc_list. +uses two functions for adding/removing mc address (normal and "global" variant) instead of a function parameter. +removes dev_mcast.c completely. +exposes netdev_hw_addr_list_* macros along with __hw_addr_* functions for manipulation with lists on a sandbox (used in bonding and 80211 drivers) Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-18net: convert multiple drivers to use netdev_for_each_mc_addr, part2Jiri Pirko
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-11-18drivers/net: request_irq - Remove unnecessary leading & from second argJoe Perches
Not as fancy as coccinelle. Checkpatch errors ignored. Compile tested allyesconfig x86, not all files compiled. grep -rPl --include=*.[ch] "\brequest_irq\s*\([^,\)]+,\s*\&" drivers/net | while read file ; do \ perl -i -e 'local $/; while (<>) { s@(\brequest_irq\s*\([^,\)]+,\s*)\&@\1@g ; print ; }' $file ;\ done Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-13sb1250-mac: duplicate setting of bit V_MAC_RX_PL_THRSH(4) in ↵roel kluin
sbmac_channel_start() The bit V_MAC_RX_PL_THRSH(4) was already set a few lines higher. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-07-23net: move sb1250-mac's probe function to .devinit.textUwe Kleine-König
A pointer to sbmac_probe is passed to the core via platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when the .init sections are discarded. Otherwise (if also having HOTPLUG=y) unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will result in an oops as does a device being registered late. An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function from the struct platform_driver. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Cc: Weiwei Wang <weiwei.wang@windriver.com> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-07-05net: use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of 0 in ndo_start_xmit() functionsPatrick McHardy
This patch is the result of an automatic spatch transformation to convert all ndo_start_xmit() return values of 0 to NETDEV_TX_OK. Some occurences are missed by the automatic conversion, those will be handled in a seperate patch. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-06-13net: use symbolic values for ndo_start_xmit() return codesPatrick McHardy
Convert magic values 1 and -1 to NETDEV_TX_BUSY and NETDEV_TX_LOCKED respectively. 0 (NETDEV_TX_OK) is not changed to keep the noise down, except in very few cases where its in direct proximity to one of the other values. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-04net: remove driver_data direct access of struct device from more driversGreg Kroah-Hartman
In the near future, the driver core is going to not allow direct access to the driver_data pointer in struct device. Instead, the functions dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used. These functions have been around since the beginning, so are backwards compatible with all older kernel versions. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-16sb1250-mac: convert to net_device_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-30trivial: Fix misspelling of firmwareNick Andrew
Fix misspelling of firmware. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2009-01-26net: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()Kay Sievers
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-21net: Remove redundant NAPI functionsBen Hutchings
Following the removal of the unused struct net_device * parameter from the NAPI functions named *netif_rx_* in commit 908a7a1, they are exactly equivalent to the corresponding *napi_* functions and are therefore redundant. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-22net: Remove unused netdev arg from some NAPI interfaces.Neil Horman
When the napi api was changed to separate its 1:1 binding to the net_device struct, the netif_rx_[prep|schedule|complete] api failed to remove the now vestigual net_device structure parameter. This patch cleans up that api by properly removing it.. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-10-27net: convert print_mac to %pMJohannes Berg
This converts pretty much everything to print_mac. There were a few things that had conflicts which I have just dropped for now, no harm done. I've built an allyesconfig with this and looked at the files that weren't built very carefully, but it's a huge patch. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-10-08phylib: move to dynamic allocation of struct mii_busLennert Buytenhek
This patch introduces mdiobus_alloc() and mdiobus_free(), and makes all mdio bus drivers use these functions to allocate their struct mii_bus'es dynamically. Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com>
2008-10-08phylib: rename mii_bus::dev to mii_bus::parentLennert Buytenhek
In preparation of giving mii_bus objects a device tree presence of their own, rename struct mii_bus's ->dev argument to ->parent, since having a 'struct device *dev' that points to our parent device conflicts with introducing a 'struct device dev' representing our own device. Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com>
2008-09-24[netdrvr] convert sbmac tx to spin_lock_irqsave to prevent early IRQ enableWeiwei Wang
Netpoll will call the interrupt handler with interrupts disabled when using kgdboe, so spin_lock_irqsave() should be used instead of spin_lock_irq() to prevent interrupts from being incorrectly enabled. Signed-off-by: Weiwei Wang <weiwei.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-05-25Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/cpmac.c net/mac80211/mlme.c
2008-05-22sb1250: use netdev_alloc_skbStephen Hemminger
Use netdev_alloc_skb. This sets skb->dev and allows arch specific allocation. Also simplify and cleanup the alignment code. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-05-13[netdrvr] Trim trailing whitespace for several driversJeff Garzik
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-16phy: Change mii_bus id field to a stringAndy Fleming
Having the id field be an int was making more complex bus topologies excessively difficult. For now, just convert it to a string, and change all instances of "bus->id = val" to snprintf(id, MII_BUS_ID_LEN, "%x", val). Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2007-10-10sb1250-mac: Driver model & phylib updateMaciej W. Rozycki
A driver model and phylib update. It includes the following changes: 1. Removal of unused module options. 2. Phylib support and the resulting removal of generic bits for handling the PHY. 3. Proper reserving of device resources and using ioremap()ped handles to access MAC registers rather than platform-specific macros. 4. Handling of the device using the driver model. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-10-10sb1250-mac.c: De-typedef, de-volatile, de-etc...Maciej W. Rozycki
Remove typedefs, volatiles and convert kmalloc()/memset() pairs to kcalloc(). Also reformat the surrounding clutter. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-10-10[NET]: Introduce and use print_mac() and DECLARE_MAC_BUF()Joe Perches
This is nicer than the MAC_FMT stuff. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET] drivers/net: statistics cleanup #1 -- save memory and shrink codeJeff Garzik
We now have struct net_device_stats embedded in struct net_device, and the default ->get_stats() hook does the obvious thing for us. Run through drivers/net/* and remove the driver-local storage of statistics, and driver-local ->get_stats() hook where applicable. This was just the low-hanging fruit in drivers/net; plenty more drivers remain to be updated. [ Resolved conflicts with napi_struct changes and fix sunqe build regression... -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c: kmalloc + memset conversion to kcallocMariusz Kozlowski
Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c | 76286 -> 76199 (-87 bytes) drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-10-10[NET]: Make NAPI polling independent of struct net_device objects.Stephen Hemminger
Several devices have multiple independant RX queues per net device, and some have a single interrupt doorbell for several queues. In either case, it's easier to support layouts like that if the structure representing the poll is independant from the net device itself. The signature of the ->poll() call back goes from: int foo_poll(struct net_device *dev, int *budget) to int foo_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) The caller is returned the number of RX packets processed (or the number of "NAPI credits" consumed if you want to get abstract). The callee no longer messes around bumping dev->quota, *budget, etc. because that is all handled in the caller upon return. The napi_struct is to be embedded in the device driver private data structures. Furthermore, it is the driver's responsibility to disable all NAPI instances in it's ->stop() device close handler. Since the napi_struct is privatized into the driver's private data structures, only the driver knows how to get at all of the napi_struct instances it may have per-device. With lots of help and suggestions from Rusty Russell, Roland Dreier, Michael Chan, Jeff Garzik, and Jamal Hadi Salim. Bug fixes from Thomas Graf, Roland Dreier, Peter Zijlstra, Joseph Fannin, Scott Wood, Hans J. Koch, and Michael Chan. [ Ported to current tree and all drivers converted. Integrated Stephen's follow-on kerneldoc additions, and restored poll_list handling to the old style to fix mutual exclusion issues. -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-07-06potential compiler error, irqfunc caller sites updateYoann Padioleau
In 7d12e780e003f93433d49ce78cfedf4b4c52adc5 David Howells performed this evolution: "IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers" He correctly updated many of the function definitions that were using this extra regs pointer parameter but forgot to update some caller sites of those functions. The reason the modifications was not properly done on all drivers is that some drivers were rarely compiled because they are for AMIGA, or that some code sites were inside #ifdefs where the option is not set or inside #if 0. Here is the semantic patch that found the occurences and fixed the problem. @ rule1 @ identifier fn; identifier irq, dev_id; typedef irqreturn_t; @@ static irqreturn_t fn(int irq, void *dev_id) { ... } @@ identifier rule1.fn; expression E1, E2, E3; @@ fn(E1, E2 - ,E3 ) Signed-off-by: Yoann Padioleau <padator@wanadoo.fr> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-28add NAPI support to sb1250-mac.cMark Mason
Patch to add NAPI support to sb1250-mac.c (rev 2). This patch differs from the last in that the NAPI support isn't marked as experimental, nor is it configurable (ie. once applied - NAPI is enabled all the time). This was based on feedback from Ralf and others. Signed-off-by: Mark Mason <mason@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-04-28Netpoll support for Sibyte MACDeepak Saxena
NETPOLL support for Sibyte MAC Signed-off-by: Manish Lachwani <mlachwani@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-04-25[ETH]: Make eth_type_trans set skb->dev like the other *_type_transArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
One less thing for drivers writers to worry about. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-03-24[MIPS] SB1250: Fix bugs/warnings by creative use of volatile.Ralf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-10-21[PATCH] Remove useless comment from sb1250Dave Jones
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-10-05IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlersDavid Howells
Maintain a per-CPU global "struct pt_regs *" variable which can be used instead of passing regs around manually through all ~1800 interrupt handlers in the Linux kernel. The regs pointer is used in few places, but it potentially costs both stack space and code to pass it around. On the FRV arch, removing the regs parameter from all the genirq function results in a 20% speed up of the IRQ exit path (ie: from leaving timer_interrupt() to leaving do_IRQ()). Where appropriate, an arch may override the generic storage facility and do something different with the variable. On FRV, for instance, the address is maintained in GR28 at all times inside the kernel as part of general exception handling. Having looked over the code, it appears that the parameter may be handed down through up to twenty or so layers of functions. Consider a USB character device attached to a USB hub, attached to a USB controller that posts its interrupts through a cascaded auxiliary interrupt controller. A character device driver may want to pass regs to the sysrq handler through the input layer which adds another few layers of parameter passing. I've build this code with allyesconfig for x86_64 and i386. I've runtested the main part of the code on FRV and i386, though I can't test most of the drivers. I've also done partial conversion for powerpc and MIPS - these at least compile with minimal configurations. This will affect all archs. Mostly the changes should be relatively easy. Take do_IRQ(), store the regs pointer at the beginning, saving the old one: struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs); And put the old one back at the end: set_irq_regs(old_regs); Don't pass regs through to generic_handle_irq() or __do_IRQ(). In timer_interrupt(), this sort of change will be necessary: - update_process_times(user_mode(regs)); - profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING, regs); + update_process_times(user_mode(get_irq_regs())); + profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING); I'd like to move update_process_times()'s use of get_irq_regs() into itself, except that i386, alone of the archs, uses something other than user_mode(). Some notes on the interrupt handling in the drivers: (*) input_dev() is now gone entirely. The regs pointer is no longer stored in the input_dev struct. (*) finish_unlinks() in drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c needs checking. It does something different depending on whether it's been supplied with a regs pointer or not. (*) Various IRQ handler function pointers have been moved to type irq_handler_t. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> (cherry picked from 1b16e7ac850969f38b375e511e3fa2f474a33867 commit)
2006-09-12[PATCH] Remove more unnecessary driver printk'sAndy Gospodarek
As I promised last week, here is the first pass at removing all unnecessary printk's that exist in network device drivers currently in promiscuous mode. The duplicate messages are not needed so they have been removed. Some of these drivers are quite old and might not need an update, but I did them all anyway. I am currently auditing the remaining conditional printk's and will send out a patch for those soon. Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-07-02[PATCH] irq-flags: drivers/net: Use the new IRQF_ constantsThomas Gleixner
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-30Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h>Jörn Engel
Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-03[PATCH] sb1250-mac: Add support for the BCM1480Ralf Baechle
This adds support for the 4th port and other new features of the BCM1480 SOC. Signed-Off-By: Andy Isaacson <adi@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2005-10-20[PATCH] sb1250-mac: PHY probing fixes.Ralf Baechle
Improve sb1250-mac driver to probe for PHYs at addresses other than 1, such as the PHYs on BigSur. Signed-Off-By: Andy Isaacson <adi@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2005-10-19[PATCH] sb1250-mac: Whitespace cleanup.Ralf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c | 1030 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 files changed, 515 insertions(+), 515 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2005-10-19[PATCH] sb1250-mac: Get rid of all the funny SBMAC_WRITECSR and ↵Ralf Baechle
SBMAC_READCSR macros. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c | 303 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 171 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2005-10-18[PATCH] sb1250-mac: Ensure 16-byte alignment of the descriptor ring.Ralf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2005-10-18[PATCH] sb1250-mac: Check the actual setting for reporting hw checksumming.Ralf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2005-06-28[NET]: Remove gratuitous use of skb->tail in network drivers.David S. Miller
Many drivers use skb->tail unnecessarily. In these situations, the code roughly looks like: dev = dev_alloc_skb(...); [optional] skb_reserve(skb, ...); ... skb->tail ... But even if the skb_reserve() happens, skb->data equals skb->tail. So it doesn't make any sense to use anything other than skb->data in these cases. Another case was the s2io.c driver directly mucking with the skb->data and skb->tail pointers. It really just wanted to do an skb_reserve(), so that's what the code was changed to do instead. Another reason I'm making this change as it allows some SKB cleanups I have planned simpler to merge. In those cleanups, skb->head, skb->tail, and skb->end pointers are removed, and replaced with skb->head_room and skb->tail_room integers. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>