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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2016 14:00:46 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
	idosch@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Add VLAN support

> @@ -148,6 +155,9 @@ struct bcm_sf2_priv {
>  	struct device_node		*master_mii_dn;
>  	struct mii_bus			*slave_mii_bus;
>  	struct mii_bus			*master_mii_bus;
> +
> +	/* Cache of programmed VLANs */
> +	struct bcm_sf2_vlan		vlans[VLAN_N_VID];

Hi Florian

This is a 16Kbyte array. So i assume the whole priv structure needs 5
pages. Have you had any trouble allocating this much memory,
particularly once it has been used for a while and fragmented?

I just wondered if it might be better to use vmalloc() for the
vlans.

	Andrew