-static struct sk_buff *ath_rxbuf_alloc(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 len, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
- struct sk_buff *skb;
- u32 off;
-
- /*
- * Cache-line-align. This is important (for the
- * 5210 at least) as not doing so causes bogus data
- * in rx'd frames.
- */
-
- /* Note: the kernel can allocate a value greater than
- * what we ask it to give us. We really only need 4 KB as that
- * is this hardware supports and in fact we need at least 3849
- * as that is the MAX AMSDU size this hardware supports.
- * Unfortunately this means we may get 8 KB here from the
- * kernel... and that is actually what is observed on some
- * systems :( */
- skb = __dev_alloc_skb(len + sc->cachelsz - 1, gfp_mask);
- if (skb != NULL) {
- off = ((unsigned long) skb->data) % sc->cachelsz;
- if (off != 0)
- skb_reserve(skb, sc->cachelsz - off);
- } else {
- DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
- "skbuff alloc of size %u failed\n", len);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- return skb;
-}
-