netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH V2 0/3] net: mitigating kmem

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Message-ID: <56BF0FB6.5050905@imap.cc>
Date:	Sat, 13 Feb 2016 12:12:54 +0100
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, tom@...bertland.com,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
	alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH V2 0/3] net: mitigating kmem_cache free slowpath

Hi Jesper,

Am 08.02.2016 um 13:14 schrieb Jesper Dangaard Brouer:
> Introduce new API napi_consume_skb(), that hides/handles bulk freeing
> for the caller.  The drivers simply need to use this call when freeing
> SKBs in NAPI context, e.g. replacing their calles to dev_kfree_skb() /
> dev_consume_skb_any().

Would you mind adding a kerneldoc comment for the new API function?

Thanks,
Tilman

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Tilman Schmidt                              E-Mail: tilman@...p.cc
Bonn, Germany
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