netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] r8169: fix sleepable allocation during netdevice stats retrieval.

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Date:	Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:15:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	pomidorabelisima@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	vinschen@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] r8169: fix sleepable allocation during
 netdevice stats retrieval.

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 01:11:05 +0200

> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> :
> [...]
>> Is there any reason we cannot allocate this DMA buffer at probe or
>> open time?
> 
> None.
> 
> As a fix for 6e85d5ad36a2 or as net-next material ?

I think we should just do it right to fix this bug, it's new to this
merge window anyways.
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