netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove useless pfmemalloc setting

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Date:   Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:03:24 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     jbacik@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove useless pfmemalloc setting

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:13:23 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> When __alloc_skb() allocates an skb from fast clone cache,
> setting pfmemalloc on the clone is not needed.
> 
> Clone will be properly initialized later at skb_clone() time,
> including pfmemalloc field, as it is included in the
> headers_start/headers_end section which is fully copied.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.