netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sch_gred: prefer GFP

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Message-Id: <20111216.154117.606081273063232714.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:41:17 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sch_gred: prefer GFP_KERNEL allocations

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:09:45 +0100

> In control path, its better to use GFP_KERNEL allocations where
> possible.
> 
> Before taking qdisc spinlock, we preallocate memory just in case we'll
> need it in gred_change_vq()
> 
> This is a followup to commit 3f1e6d3fd37b (sch_gred: should not use
> GFP_KERNEL while holding a spinlock)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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