3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Stanislaw Gruszka <[email protected]>

commit c1de4a9557d9e25e41fc4ba034b9659152205539 upstream.

4965 version of Eric patch "iwl3945: better skb management in rx path".
It fixes several problems :

1) skb->truesize is underestimated.
   We really consume PAGE_SIZE bytes for a fragment,
   not the frame length.
2) 128 bytes of initial headroom is a bit low and forces reallocations.
3) We can avoid consuming a full page for small enough frames.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c |   18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
@@ -574,9 +574,11 @@ il4965_translate_rx_status(struct il_pri
        return decrypt_out;
 }
 
+#define SMALL_PACKET_SIZE 256
+
 static void
 il4965_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct il_priv *il, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
-                              u16 len, u32 ampdu_status, struct il_rx_buf *rxb,
+                              u32 len, u32 ampdu_status, struct il_rx_buf *rxb,
                               struct ieee80211_rx_status *stats)
 {
        struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -593,21 +595,25 @@ il4965_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct il
            il_set_decrypted_flag(il, hdr, ampdu_status, stats))
                return;
 
-       skb = dev_alloc_skb(128);
+       skb = dev_alloc_skb(SMALL_PACKET_SIZE);
        if (!skb) {
                IL_ERR("dev_alloc_skb failed\n");
                return;
        }
 
-       skb_add_rx_frag(skb, 0, rxb->page, (void *)hdr - rxb_addr(rxb), len,
-                       len);
+       if (len <= SMALL_PACKET_SIZE) {
+               memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), hdr, len);
+       } else {
+               skb_add_rx_frag(skb, 0, rxb->page, (void *)hdr - rxb_addr(rxb),
+                               len, PAGE_SIZE << il->hw_params.rx_page_order);
+               il->alloc_rxb_page--;
+               rxb->page = NULL;
+       }
 
        il_update_stats(il, false, fc, len);
        memcpy(IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), stats, sizeof(*stats));
 
        ieee80211_rx(il->hw, skb);
-       il->alloc_rxb_page--;
-       rxb->page = NULL;
 }
 
 /* Called for N_RX (legacy ABG frames), or


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