netdev - Re: [net-next 01/02] ixgb: eliminate checkstack warnings

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Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:59:25 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 01/02] ixgb: eliminate checkstack warnings

On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 05:11 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> 
> Really trivial fix, use kmalloc/kfree instead of stack space.
> use static const instead of const to further reduce stack usage.
> 
> V2: reflect changes suggested by Joe Perches

This is a less than complete commit log as
the patch also converts a local #define
of IXGB_ETH_LENGTH_OF_ADDRESS to ETH_ALEN


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