netdev - Re: [net-next v1 04/16] gve: implement queue api

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Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:45:33 +0100
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Mina Almasry" <almasrymina@...gle.com>,
 "Shailend Chand" <shailend@...gle.com>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [net-next v1 04/16] gve: implement queue api

On Fri, Dec 8, 2023, at 01:52, Mina Almasry wrote:
> +static void *gve_rx_queue_mem_alloc(struct net_device *dev, int idx)
> +{
> +	struct gve_per_rx_queue_mem_dqo *gve_q_mem;
...
> +
> +	gve_q_mem = kvcalloc(1, sizeof(*gve_q_mem), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!gve_q_mem)
> +		goto err;

[minor comment]

The structure does not seem overly large, even if you have
an array here, I don't see why you would need the vmalloc
type allocation for struct gve_per_rx_queue_mem_dqo.

   Arnd