On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:41:57 +0200 Dan Aloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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() because vfree() cannot be called in the > softirq context of the RCU callback. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please submit patch to proper place: netdev@vger.kernel.org and Ben Greear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
