Messages in this thread | | | From | linmiaohe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: Relax the npages test against MAX_SKB_FRAGS | Date | Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:48:15 +0000 |
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Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote: >On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 4:58 AM Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com> wrote: >> >> The npages test against MAX_SKB_FRAGS can be relaxed if we succeed to >> allocate high order pages as the note in comment said. >> > > >We do not want this change. > >This interface is used by datagram providers, we do not want to claim they can safely use skb allocations over 64KB. > >Returning -EMSGSIZE should not depend on availability of high-order pages. > >The comment was a hint, but we need first a valid user before considering expanding the interface.
I see. Many thanks for reply and explaination. :)
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