linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] hv_netvsc: Eliminate memory allocation in the send path

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Message-Id: <20150331.141252.1285173813259299502.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:12:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kys@...rosoft.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] hv_netvsc: Eliminate memory allocation in
 the send path 

From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 21:07:58 -0700

> The network protocol used to communicate with the host is the remote ndis (rndis)
> protocol. We need to decorate each outgoing packet with a rndis header and
> additional rndis state (rndis per-packet state). To manage this state, we
> currently allocate memory in the transmit path. Eliminate this allocation by
> requesting additional head room in the skb.

Series applied, thanks.
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