Re: [PATCH] vlan & net drivers: avoid a 4-order allocation]

2007-03-02 Thread David Miller
From: Dan Aloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:02:17 +0200 > This patch splits the vlan_group struct into a multi-allocated struct. On > x86_64, the size of the original struct is a little more than 32KB, causing > a 4-order allocation, which is prune to problems caused by buddy-syst

[PATCH] vlan & net drivers: avoid a 4-order allocation]

2007-03-01 Thread Dan Aloni
Hello, This patch splits the vlan_group struct into a multi-allocated struct. On x86_64, the size of the original struct is a little more than 32KB, causing a 4-order allocation, which is prune to problems caused by buddy-system external fragmentation conditions. I couldn't just use vmalloc() be