skb_linearize already has a check for skb_is_nonlinear, there is no need to duplicate the check in fcoe.c. This patch simply removes the unnecessary check and calls skb_linearize unconditionally. Reported-by: patrick kelle <patrick.kelle81@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Robert Love <robert.w.love@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: patrick kelle <patrick.kelle81@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c index c18e201..b40d11d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c @@ -1670,8 +1670,7 @@ static void fcoe_recv_frame(struct sk_buff *skb) skb->dev ? skb->dev->name : "<NULL>"); port = lport_priv(lport); - if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) - skb_linearize(skb); /* not ideal */ + skb_linearize(skb); /* check for skb_is_nonlinear is within skb_linearize */ /* * Frame length checks and setting up the header pointers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html