> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Pankaj Gupta <pagu...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > As vmalloc() adds overhead on a critical network path, > > __GFP_REPEAT flag is used with kzalloc() to do this fallback > > only when really needed. > > > > Are you sure we need __GFP_REPEAT? We have vmalloc() as > fallback of kmalloc() in many places of networking (grep kvfree), > none of those I checked has this flag set.
Its there in netif_alloc_netdev_queues() function in same file. Also, I found it some other places as well. I think its good to have. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
