linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers:net: dma_alloc_coherent: use __GFP

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Date:	Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:50:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org, users@...x00.serialmonkey.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers:net: dma_alloc_coherent: use
 __GFP_ZERO instead of memset(, 0)

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:23:58 -0700

> Reduce the number of calls required to alloc
> a zeroed block of memory.
> 
> Trivially reduces overall object size.
> 
> Other changes around these removals
> o Neaten call argument alignment
> o Remove an unnecessary OOM message after dma_alloc_coherent failure
> o Remove unnecessary gfp_t stack variable
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

Looks good, applied, thanks Joe.
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