> -----Original Message----- > From: KY Srinivasan > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:11 PM > To: Haiyang Zhang; David Miller > Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; o...@aepfle.de; jasow...@redhat.com; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org; driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add support for physically discontinuous > receive buffer > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Haiyang Zhang > > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 2:06 PM > > To: David Miller > > Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; KY Srinivasan; o...@aepfle.de; > > jasow...@redhat.com; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; driverdev- > > de...@linuxdriverproject.org > > Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add support for physically > > discontinuous receive buffer > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: David Miller [mailto:da...@davemloft.net] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:32 PM > > > To: Haiyang Zhang > > > Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; KY Srinivasan; o...@aepfle.de; > > > jasow...@redhat.com; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; driverdev- > > > de...@linuxdriverproject.org > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add support for physically > > > discontinuous receive buffer > > > > > > From: Haiyang Zhang <haiya...@microsoft.com> > > > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:24:47 -0800 > > > > > > > This will allow us to use bigger receive buffer, and prevent > > > > allocation failure due to fragmented memory. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiya...@microsoft.com> > > > > Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> > > > > > > Not until you start using paged SKBs in netvsc_recv_callback. > > > > > > Whatever fragmention you think you're avoiding in the hyperv layer, > > > you're still going to get from the: > > > > > > skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(net, packet->total_data_buflen); > > > > > > call there. > > > > > > This change makes no sense in isolation, therefore I'm not applying > > > it until you also include the appropriate changes to avoid the same > > > exact fragmentation issue in netvsc_drv.c as stated above. > > > > The receive buffer currently requires multiple MB of physically > > continuous memory, and may fail to be allocated when memory is > > fragmented. The patch is created for this issue. > > > > The SKB buffer is usually less than 1500 bytes or up to several KB > > with jumbo frame, so it's much less sensitive to fragmented memory. I > > will work on another patch to use SKB buffer with discontinuous pages. > > > > Could you accept this patch separately? > > Today, if we try to unload and load the network driver, the load may fail > because we may not be able to allocate the receive buffers if memory is > fragmented. This patch specifically addresses this problem. > > Regards, > > K. Y
Dave, So, could this patch be taken first? Thanks, - Haiyang _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
