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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ravb: Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when possible
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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From:   Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@omp.ru>
Organization: Open Mobile Platform
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Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 13:03:50 +0300
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Hello!

On 2/20/22 10:27 AM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:

> 'max_rx_len' can be up to GBETH_RX_BUFF_MAX (i.e. 8192) (see
> 'gbeth_hw_info').
> The default value of 'num_rx_ring' can be BE_RX_RING_SIZE (i.e. 1024).
> 
> So this loop can allocate 8 Mo of memory.

   MB? :-)

> 
> Previous memory allocations in this function already use GFP_KERNEL, so
> use __netdev_alloc_skb() and an explicit GFP_KERNEL instead of a
> implicit GFP_ATOMIC.
> 
> This gives more opportunities of successful allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@omp.ru>

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MBR, Sergey