Messages in this thread | | | Date | 13 Jan 2005 23:48:32 +0100 | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:48:32 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] ATA over Ethernet __init calling __exit |
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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)
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