netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: extend net_device allocation to vmalloc()

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Message-ID: <1383163742.4857.55.camel@edumazet-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:09:02 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	Joby Poriyath <joby.poriyath@...rix.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	wei.liu2@...rix.com, ian.campbell@...rix.com,
	xen-devel@...ts.xen.org, andrew.bennieston@...rix.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, malcolm.crossley@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: extend net_device allocation to vmalloc()

On Wed, 2013-10-30 at 19:16 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> , drivers must never try to allocate and initialise struct
> net_device from scratch.  They always call alloc_netdev_mqs() or one of
> its many wrappers.  So 'must be allocated with kmalloc' was already
> wrong and this sentence should be removed completely.

Right, I'll send a v2.


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