netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: devlink: report cell size of shared buffers

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Date:   Sun, 03 Feb 2019 11:27:06 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     jiri@...nulli.us, idosch@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: devlink: report cell size of shared
 buffers

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Fri,  1 Feb 2019 17:56:28 -0800

> Shared buffer allocation is usually done in cell increments.
> Drivers will either round up the allocation or refuse the
> configuration if it's not an exact multiple of cell size.
> Drivers know exactly the cell size of shared buffer, so help
> out users by providing this information in dumps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dirk van der Merwe <dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com>

Applied, thanks.