netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v2 2/2] ixgbe: Make descriptor ring allocations NUMA-aware

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Date:	Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:49:07 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v2 2/2] ixgbe: Make descriptor ring
 allocations NUMA-aware

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:19:12 -0800

> From: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> 
> This patch allocates the ring structures themselves on each
> NUMA node along with the buffer_info structures.  This way we
> don't allocate the entire ring memory on a single node in one
> big block, thus reducing NUMA node memory crosstalk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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