rxe_init_packet() in rxe_net.c calls skb_put_zero() to reserve space for the payload and zero it out. All these bytes are then re-written with RoCE headers and payload. Remove this useless extra copy. Fixes: ecb238f6a7f3 ("IB/cxgb4: use skb_put_zero()/__skb_put_zero") Signed-off-by: Bob Pearson <rpearsonhpe@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c index 178a66a45312..6605ee777667 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ struct sk_buff *rxe_init_packet(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_av *av, pkt->rxe = rxe; pkt->port_num = port_num; - pkt->hdr = skb_put_zero(skb, paylen); + pkt->hdr = skb_put(skb, paylen); pkt->mask |= RXE_GRH_MASK; out: -- 2.30.2