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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/skbuff.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/skbuff.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index c1a6f262636a..785daff48030 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -437,7 +437,11 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int len, len += NET_SKB_PAD; - if ((len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE)) || + /* If requested length is either too small or too big, + * we use kmalloc() for skb->head allocation. + */ + if (len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(1024) || + len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE) || (gfp_mask & (__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | GFP_DMA))) { skb = __alloc_skb(len, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_RX, NUMA_NO_NODE); if (!skb) |