netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] r8152: adjust rtl_start

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Message-Id: <20141112.223146.2221136950144767962.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:31:46 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hayeswang@...ltek.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] r8152: adjust rtl_start_rx

From: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:31:14 +0000

> My last method which I mentioned yesterday is similar to
> this one. The difference is that I would re-use the rx
> buffers, so I have to add them to the list for re-submitting,
> not alwayes allocate new one.
> 
> Although one rx buffer could contain many packets, I don't
> think the whole size of the rx buffer is alwayes used.
> Therefore, I re-use the rx buffers to avoid allocating
> the 16K bytes rx buffer alwayes. This also makes sure that
> I always have the buffers to submit without allocating new
> one.
> 
> If you could accept this, I would modify this patch by
> this way.

I'll reread your original patch and think some more about this.

Thanks.
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