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SubjectRE: Memory allocation modifications in ibm_newemac driver
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On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 22:04 +0000, Jonathan Haws wrote:
> Okay, I think I have all the issues worked out and can now send and
> receive any size packet without a hiccup. I have tested this in our
> system setup as well with data being sent out to disk and did not see
> any problems there either (since it only ever allocates a single page,
> never more).
>
> Is this something that may be wanted in the mainline? I have not run
> full benchmarks, but I anticipate that my modified driver is slightly
> slower than the mainline driver because we keep track of an SKB ring,
> as well as a ring of pages and allocate both on each packet received.

Well, it won't hurt to post the patch to review :-)

Make sure to CC me as I more/less maintain that driver.

Cheers,
Ben.




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