netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 4/5] fm10k/igb/ixgbe: Replace __skb_alloc_page with dev_alloc

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:48:26 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, leedom@...lsio.com,
	hariprasad@...lsio.com, donald.c.skidmore@...el.com,
	oliver@...kum.org, balbi@...com, matthew.vick@...el.com,
	mgorman@...e.de
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 4/5] fm10k/igb/ixgbe: Replace
 __skb_alloc_page with dev_alloc_page

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:28:24 -0800

> On Tue, 2014-11-11 at 09:26 -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:
>> The Intel drivers were pretty much just using the plain vanilla GFP
>> flags
>> in their calls to __skb_alloc_page so this change makes it so that
>> they use
>> dev_alloc_page which just uses GFP_ATOMIC for the gfp_flags value.
>> 
>> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>> Cc: Matthew Vick <matthew.vick@...el.com>
>> Cc: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c |    2 +-
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c     |    2 +-
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    3 +--
>>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Thanks Alex, I will add the patch to my queue.

I think this entire series will need to go via my tree, because the
conversions are all required for patch #5 which removes the replaced
interface altogether.
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