netdev - RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: add __GFP_REPEAT to skb allocation call

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Message-ID: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D54DC5395@AcuExch.aculab.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 16:05:16 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Amitkumar Karwar' <akarwar@...vell.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...gle.com>
CC:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Linux Wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
	Sameer Nanda <snanda@...gle.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...omium.org>,
	Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: add __GFP_REPEAT to skb allocation call

From: Amitkumar Karwar
> Sent: 05 April 2016 06:48
...
> Our one time allocated 64k buffer read from firmware contains multiple data chunks. We have a feature
> called single port aggregation in which firmware attaches an aggregated buffer to single port. So
> sometimes a single data chunk can exceed 32k. dev_kfree_skb_any() is called to free those data chunks.

Ah yes, which particular problem does aggregating data into a single buffer solve?

	David