struct skb_shared_info) bytes -> 8192 bytes : order-1 pages It's better to limit the mtu to SKB_MAX_HEAD(NET_SKB_PAD), to have no more than one page per skb. Also the patch changes the netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() done in init_dma_desc_rings() and uses a variant allowing GFP_KERNEL allocations allowing the driver to load even in case of memory pressure. Reported-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller cEYx