netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] igmp: refine skb allocations

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Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:02:52 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] igmp: refine skb allocations

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:36:42 +0100

> IGMP allocates MTU sized skbs. This may fail for large MTU (order-2
> allocations), so add a fallback to try lower sizes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, although in the long run we need to be a lot more
intelligent here.  However, this is a good start. :-)

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