The following commit has been merged in the master branch: commit dc58fe32e6a4fbd270e8f045225ce475073d0772 Author: Antonio Quartulli &lt;ordex(a)autistici.org&gt; Date: Sun Oct 16 20:32:02 2011 +0200 batman-adv: linearise the tt_response skb only if needed The TT_RESPONSE skb has to be linearised only if the node plans to access the packet payload (so only if the message is directed to that node). In all the other cases the node can avoid this memory operation Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli &lt;ordex(a)autistici.org&gt; Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann &lt;sven(a)narfation.org&gt; diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c index 60ce407..e0e7b7b 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c @@ -616,13 +616,14 @@ int recv_tt_query(struct sk_buff *skb, struct hard_iface *recv_if) } break; case TT_RESPONSE: - /* packet needs to be linearized to access the TT changes */ - if (skb_linearize(skb) < 0) - goto out; + if (is_my_mac(tt_query->dst)) { + /* packet needs to be linearized to access the TT + * changes */ + if (skb_linearize(skb) < 0) + goto out; - if (is_my_mac(tt_query->dst)) handle_tt_response(bat_priv, tt_query); - else { + } else { bat_dbg(DBG_TT, bat_priv, "Routing TT_RESPONSE to %pM [%c]\n", tt_query->dst, -- LinuxNextTracking