From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mikulas Patocka Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: don't use kvzalloc for DMA memory Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:55:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <3e65977e-53cd-bf09-bc4b-0ce40e9091fe@gmail.com> <5f4e1286-b79f-0b9f-9a30-47d7654f3889@gmail.com> <20180418.134721.283381724211219025.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20180418.134721.283381724211219025.davem@davemloft.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: David Miller Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, mst@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, edumazet@google.com, joby.poriyath@citrix.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org On Wed, 18 Apr 2018, David Miller wrote: > From: Eric Dumazet > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:51:25 -0700 > > > I suggest that virtio_net clearly identifies which part needs a specific allocation > > and does its itself, instead of abusing the netdev_priv storage. > > > > Ie use a pointer to a block of memory, allocated by virtio_net, for virtio_net. > > +1 And what about the other networking drivers that may do the same thing? Mikulas