netdev - Re: [PATCH] gianfar: reduce stack usage in gianfar

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Message-ID: <1312913545.11924.16.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:12:25 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stufever@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	Wang Shaoyan <wangshaoyan.pt@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gianfar: reduce stack usage in gianfar_ethtool.c

On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 19:59 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le mardi 09 août 2011 à 10:52 -0700, Joe Perches a écrit :
> > On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 18:53 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > Le mercredi 10 août 2011 à 00:39 +0800, stufever@...il.com a écrit :
> > []
> > > > +	if (!local_rqfpr || !local_rqfcr) {
> > > > +		pr_err("Out of memory\n");
> > > 	Please remove this pr_err(), kmalloc() will complain already.
> > Always?
> > I know there's a trace option, but is it always on?
> Yes, unless caller added ___GFP_NOWARN in gfp :
> ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | ___GFP_NOWARN);

Isn't that true only for slub?

Do you know where this get emitted?
I looked cursorily but I don't see it.

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