netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: Eliminate kmalloc in netlink dump operation.

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Message-Id: <20130815.155145.284061591768566029.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:51:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pshelar@...ira.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: Eliminate kmalloc in netlink dump operation.

From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:31:06 -0700

> Following patch stores struct netlink_callback in netlink_sock
> to avoid allocating and freeing it on every netlink dump msg.
> Only one dump operation is allowed for a given socket at a time
> therefore we can safely convert cb pointer to cb struct inside
> netlink_sock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>

Your analysis looks good, applied, thanks.
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