netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: thunderx: Set recevie buffer page usage count in bulk

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Message-Id: <20160311.122410.1707380867356253160.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:24:10 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sunil.kovvuri@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, sgoutham@...ium.com,
	robert.richter@...iumnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: thunderx: Set recevie buffer page usage count
 in bulk

From: Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:34:19 +0530

> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:18 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@...il.com>
>> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:57:48 +0530
>>
>>> Difference between NIU driver and this patch is there it's
>>> calculate split count, increment page count and then divide page into
>>> buffers. Here it's divide page into buffers, have a counter which increments
>>> at every split and then at the end do a atomic increment of page->_count.
>>>
>>> Any issue with this approach ?
>>
>> I guess not.
> 
> Okay, so can i assume you will consider the patch for merging if no
> other comments
> are received. Or do you want me to resubmit patches a fresh. ?

Please resubmit, thanks a lot.