linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: thunderx: Set recevie buffer page usage count in bulk

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:48:12 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sunil.kovvuri@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, sgoutham@...ium.com,
	robert.richter@...iumnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: thunderx: Set recevie buffer page usage count
 in bulk

From: Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:57:48 +0530

> Difference between NIU driver and this patch is there it's
> calculate split count, increment page count and then divide page into
> buffers. Here it's divide page into buffers, have a counter which increments
> at every split and then at the end do a atomic increment of page->_count.
> 
> Any issue with this approach ?

I guess not.