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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ravb: Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when possible
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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>

[...]

MBR, Sergey

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