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Re: PATCH: kmalloc packet slab

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: kmalloc packet slab
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:50:01 -0500
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, torvalds@xxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:23:50 PST." <20041227142350.1cf444fe.davem@davemloft.net>
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:23:50 PST, "David S. Miller" said:

> If we are really going to do something like this, it should
> be calculated properly and be determined per-interface
> type as netdevs are registered.

Would you prefer to see this done for all interface types if we do it
at all, or would a special-case for 1 or 2 types that can use a slab
without being wasteful be an acceptable solution? (Let's face it - if
3.95 objects fit in each slab, we may not want to do it...)

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