[PATCH] 8xx_io/uart.c

[Joakim Tjernlund]

> I have checked the links above it looks like it's solved. As far as I can
> tell alternative:
>   0. change alloc_skb()/skb_add_mtu() to force the allocated size to be a
>      cache line multiple.
> has been impl. in the kernel:
>  - skb_add_mtu() does not exist anymore.
>  - alloc_skb() does L1 cache align the size:
>        size = requested_size + 16;
>        size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(size); /* this does L1 cache alignment */
>        data = kmalloc(size + sizeof(struct skb_shared_info), gfp_mask);
>    This makes the skb_shared_info to always start on a new cache line.
>    There is no risk that it is invalidated by dma_cache_inv() call.
>
>  Jocke

Dan, any doubts still?

 Jocke


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