linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/9] deadlock prevention core

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Date:	Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:33:20 -0700
From:	Daniel Phillips <phillips@...gle.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/9] deadlock prevention core

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> How much of this is just building special case support for large allocations
> for jumbo frames? Wouldn't it make more sense to just fix those drivers to
> do scatter and add the support hooks for that?

Short answer: none of it is.  If it happens to handle jumbo frames nicely
that is mainly a lucky accident, and we do need to check that they actually
works.

Minor rant: the whole skb_alloc familly has degenerated into an unholy
mess and could use some rethinking.  I believe the current patch gets as
far as three _'s at the beginning of a function, this shows it is high
time to reroll the api.

Regards,

Daniel
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