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SubjectRe: [BUG] ATA over Ethernet __init calling __exit
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 05:12:21PM -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote:

> It seems rash to make the change now, because there is no need for it.

It would be better to future proof the driver at least a bit.

>
> For the skbuffs, we could use a mempool with GFP_NOIO allocation and
> then skb_get them before the network layer ever sees them. We already
> keep track of the packets that we've sent out, so we'll just keep a
> pointer to the skbuffs.

That won't work because you don't know when the driver is done with it.

There is a callback, but it's already used by socket buffer management
(if you don't use a socket it may be usable)


-Andi
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