Re: [PATCH net-next] vmxnet3: Remove buf_info from device accessible structures

From: Ronak Doshi
Date: Fri Jan 22 2021 - 03:30:17 EST



On 1/21/21, 5:07 PM, "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:19:40 -0800 Ronak Doshi wrote:
> > From: Petr Vandrovec <petr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > vmxnet3: Remove buf_info from device accessible structures
>
> Something happened to the posting, looks like the subject is listed
> twice?
It got sent twice. Please ignore.

> > - if (!tq->buf_info)
> > + tq->buf_info = kmalloc_array_node(tq->tx_ring.size, sizeof(tq->buf_info[0]),
> > + GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
> > + dev_to_node(&adapter->pdev->dev));
>
> kcalloc_node()
Sure, will use this callback.

> > + if (!tq->buf_info) {
> > + netdev_err(adapter->netdev, "failed to allocate tx buffer info\n")
>
> Please drop the message, OOM splat will be visible enough. checkpatch
> usually points this out

Okay, will drop it. Checkpatch did not complain about the error message though.

Thanks,
Ronak