Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: make net and forcedeth to use kmalloc_node

["Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>]

On 7/4/07, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 11:58:40AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > >     while (np->put_rx.orig != less_rx) {
> > > -           struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(np->rx_buf_sz + NV_RX_ALLOC_PAD);
> > > +           struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb_node(np->rx_buf_sz + NV_RX_ALLOC_PAD, dev_to_node(&dev->dev));
> >
> > If we're going to do this then it would probably make sense to change
> > dev_alloc_skb_node() so that it takes a `struct net_device *' rather than a
> > bare node-id.  That's a call which the net guys will need to make, which is
> > why we cc them on our emails.
>
> That thing is called netdev_alloc_skb and already exists.  And it's indeed
> what they should be using in the rx path.
>
> -
please check
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/3/418

[PATCH 3/4] net: make forcedeth to use kmalloc_node and
__netdev_alloc_skb for skb allocation

but need to replace __netdev_alloc_skb to netdev_alloc_skb.

YH
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