netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ixgb: relax stack usage of 768 Byte

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Date:	Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:08:40 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ixgb: relax stack usage of 768 Byte

On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 14:34 -0700, Hagen Paul Pfeifer wrote:
> ixgb_set_multi() will push (128 * 6) byte on the stack to set the
> multicast filter. Fix this by allocate the scratch buffer on the heap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c |    8 ++++++--
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 

Thanks Hagen! I have added the patch to my queue of ixgbe patches.

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