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SubjectRe: [6/7] Xen VMM patch set : add alloc_skb_from_cache
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:11:04PM -0500, James Morris wrote:

> Most of this is duplicated code with alloc_skb(), perhaps make a
> function:
>
> __alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask, alloc_func)
>
> Then alloc_skb() and alloc_skb_from_cache() can just be wrappers
> which pass in different alloc_funcs. I'm not sure what peformance
> impact this might have though.

I wonder if this would have a measurable performance hit on some
platforms where the additional call/indirection could hurt?
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