netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx4_en: remove fallback after kzalloc

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Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:18:44 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, tariqt@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx4_en: remove fallback after
 kzalloc_node()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 03:03:37 -0800

> kzalloc_node(..., GFP_KERNEL, node) will attempt to allocate
> memory as close as possible to the node.
> 
> There is no need to fallback to kzalloc() if this has failed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>

I think I gave Tariq long enough time to review this if he wanted
to.

Applied, thanks Eric.