netdev_alloc_skb is NUMA node aware. Also, don't exhaust atomic emergency pool. Don't want pktgen to cause OOM behaviour. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- net/core/pktgen.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/core/pktgen.c 2009-08-27 11:45:39.080959255 -0700 +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c 2009-08-27 11:57:08.683814034 -0700 @@ -2539,8 +2539,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv4( mod_cur_headers(pkt_dev); datalen = (odev->hard_header_len + 16) & ~0xf; - skb = alloc_skb(pkt_dev->cur_pkt_size + 64 + datalen + - pkt_dev->pkt_overhead, GFP_ATOMIC); + skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(odev, + pkt_dev->cur_pkt_size + 64 + + datalen + pkt_dev->pkt_overhead, GFP_NOWAIT); if (!skb) { sprintf(pkt_dev->result, "No memory"); return NULL; @@ -2878,8 +2879,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv6( queue_map = pkt_dev->cur_queue_map; mod_cur_headers(pkt_dev); - skb = alloc_skb(pkt_dev->cur_pkt_size + 64 + 16 + - pkt_dev->pkt_overhead, GFP_ATOMIC); + skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(odev, + pkt_dev->cur_pkt_size + 64 + + 16 + pkt_dev->pkt_overhead, GFP_NOWAIT); if (!skb) { sprintf(pkt_dev->result, "No memory"); return NULL; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html