From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: use netdev_alloc_frag() Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:51:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20121211.125103.1869709000760345113.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1355177766.27891.68.camel@edumazet-glaptop> <504C9EFCA2D0054393414C9CB605C37F1BFC4273@SJEXCHMB06.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, eilong@broadcom.com To: dmitry@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:41042 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753735Ab2LKRvF (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:51:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <504C9EFCA2D0054393414C9CB605C37F1BFC4273@SJEXCHMB06.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Dmitry Kravkov" Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:57:44 +0000 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eric Dumazet [mailto:eric.dumazet@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:16 AM >> To: David Miller >> Cc: netdev; Eilon Greenstein; Dmitry Kravkov >> Subject: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: use netdev_alloc_frag() >> >> From: Eric Dumazet >> >> Using netdev_alloc_frag() instead of kmalloc() permits better GRO or >> TCP coalescing behavior, as skb_gro_receive() doesn't have to fallback >> to frag_list overhead. >> >> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet >> Cc: Dmitry Kravkov >> Cc: Eilon Greenstein > > Thanks a lot, Eric! > > Acked-by: Dmitry Kravkov Applied.