Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio-net: restrict build_skb() use to some arches

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 01:01:44PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> build_skb() is supposed to be followed by
> skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN), so that IP headers are word-aligned.
> (Best practice is to reserve NET_IP_ALIGN+NET_SKB_PAD, but the NET_SKB_PAD
> part is only a performance optimization if tunnel encaps are added.)
> 
> Unfortunately virtio_net has not provisioned this reserve.
> We can only use build_skb() for arches where NET_IP_ALIGN == 0
> 
> We might refine this later, with enough testing.
> 
> Fixes: fb32856b16ad ("virtio-net: page_to_skb() use build_skb when there's sufficient tailroom")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

on alpha, sh4 (little endian).

Thanks!

Guenter
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