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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/8390.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/8390.c b/drivers/net/8390.c
index f87027420081..86be96af9c8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8390.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8390.c
@@ -275,12 +275,14 @@ static int ei_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
struct ei_device *ei_local = (struct ei_device *) netdev_priv(dev);
int send_length = skb->len, output_page;
unsigned long flags;
+ char buf[ETH_ZLEN];
+ char *data = skb->data;
if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN) {
- skb = skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
- if (skb == NULL)
- return 0;
+ memset(buf, 0, ETH_ZLEN); /* more efficient than doing just the needed bits */
+ memcpy(buf, data, skb->len);
send_length = ETH_ZLEN;
+ data = buf;
}
/* Mask interrupts from the ethercard.
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ static int ei_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
* trigger the send later, upon receiving a Tx done interrupt.
*/
- ei_block_output(dev, send_length, skb->data, output_page);
+ ei_block_output(dev, send_length, data, output_page);
if (! ei_local->txing)
{