Re: [PATCH] net: Relax the npages test against MAX_SKB_FRAGS

[linmiaohe]

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 4:58 AM Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> The npages test against MAX_SKB_FRAGS can be relaxed if we succeed to 
>> allocate high order pages as the note in comment said.
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>We do not want this change.
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>This interface is used by datagram providers, we do not want to claim they can safely use skb allocations over 64KB.
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>Returning -EMSGSIZE should not depend on availability of high-order pages.
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>The comment was a hint, but we need first a valid user before considering expanding the interface.

I see. Many thanks for reply and explaination. :)