This padding was used to align buffers to a 4k boundary when returned from dma_alloc_coherent(). As the buffers are already 4k aligned, and the alignment no longer performed, the padding is not needed. Signed-off-by: Mark Einon <mark.einon@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c index d7cdb673..bb533f2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c +++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c @@ -2291,8 +2291,7 @@ static int et131x_rx_dma_memory_alloc(struct et131x_adapter *adapter) for (id = 0; id < NUM_FBRS; id++) { /* Allocate an area of memory for Free Buffer Ring */ - bufsize = (sizeof(struct fbr_desc) * - rx_ring->fbr[id]->num_entries) + 0xfff; + bufsize = (sizeof(struct fbr_desc) * rx_ring->fbr[id]->num_entries); rx_ring->fbr[id]->ring_virtaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(&adapter->pdev->dev, bufsize, @@ -2463,8 +2462,7 @@ static void et131x_rx_dma_memory_free(struct et131x_adapter *adapter) } bufsize = - (sizeof(struct fbr_desc) * rx_ring->fbr[id]->num_entries) + - 0xfff; + sizeof(struct fbr_desc) * rx_ring->fbr[id]->num_entries; dma_free_coherent(&adapter->pdev->dev, bufsize, rx_ring->fbr[id]->ring_virtaddr, -- 1.7.9.5 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel