netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: allocate rx buffers using alloc_pages

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Message-Id: <20190808.223521.258592952923110054.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 08 Aug 2019 22:35:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: allocate rx buffers using
 alloc_pages_node

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:38:22 +0200

> We allocate 16kb per rx buffer, so we can avoid some overhead by using
> alloc_pages_node directly instead of bothering kmalloc_node. Due to
> this change buffers are page-aligned now, therefore the alignment check
> can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied, thank you.