netdev - Re: [RFC] tcp md5 use of alloc

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Message-ID: <1414070490.2094.39.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2014 06:21:30 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Crestez Dan Leonard <cdleonard@...il.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] tcp md5 use of alloc_percpu

On Thu, 2014-10-23 at 02:58 -0400, Jonathan Toppins wrote:

> > +		if (!pool) {
> > +			pool = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL,
> GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL
> This memory will possibly be used in a DMA correct? (thinking crypto
> hardware offload)

I am not sure this is the case, but this certainly can be added.


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