This gives small but noticeable rx performance improvement (2-3%)
and will allow exploiting future napi improvement.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pab...@redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index fb0eae4..49d84e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *page_to_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi,
p = page_address(page) + offset;
/* copy small packet so we can reuse these pages for small data */
- skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(vi->dev, GOOD_COPY_LEN);
+ skb = napi_alloc_skb(&rq->napi, GOOD_COPY_LEN);
if (unlikely(!skb))
return NULL;
--
1.8.3.1
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