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Date:	Sun, 10 May 2015 17:01:15 -0700
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] net: Use cached copy of pfmemalloc to avoid accessing
 page

On 05/10/2015 04:18 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
> Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 21:11:40 -0700
>
>> +	/* use OR instead of assignment to avoid clearing of bits in mask */
>> +	if (pfmemalloc)
>> +		skb->pfmemalloc = 1;
>> +	skb->head_frag = 1;
>   ...
>> +	/* use OR instead of assignment to avoid clearing of bits in mask */
>> +	if (nc->pfmemalloc)
>> +		skb->pfmemalloc = 1;
>> +	skb->head_frag = 1;
> Maybe make these two cases more consistent by either accessing
> nc->pfmemalloc or using a local variable in both cases.

The only option would be to use a local variable in both cases, but then 
I am still stuck with the differences in when I can access the caches.

The reason for the difference between the two is that in the case of 
netdev_alloc_skb/frag the netdev_alloc_cache can only be accessed with 
IRQs disabled, whereas in the napi_alloc_skb case we can access the 
napi_alloc_cache at any point in the function.  Either way I am going to 
be stuck with differences because of the local_irq_save/restore that 
must be called when accessing the page frag cache that doesn't exist in 
the napi case.

- Alex
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