Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethernet: microchip: lan743x: Fix memory allocation failure

From: Rengarajan.S
Date: Tue Apr 15 2025 - 00:53:57 EST


Hi Simon,
Thanks for the comments. Have addressed your comments in the next
revison.

Thanks,
Thangaraj Samynathan

On Fri, 2025-04-11 at 17:53 +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 09:40:34AM +0530, Thangaraj Samynathan wrote:
> > The driver allocates ring elements using GFP_DMA flags. There is
> > no dependency from LAN743x hardware on memory allocation should be
> > in DMA_ZONE. Hence modifying the flags to use only GFP_ATOMIC
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thangaraj Samynathan <thangaraj.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v0
> > -Initial Commit
> >
> > v1
> > -Modified GFP flags from GFP_KERNEL to GFP_ATOMIC
> > -added fixes tag
> >
> > v2
> > -Resubmit net-next instead of net
>
> Hi Thangaraj,
>
> Thanks for the update. And sorry for not noticing this
> in my earlier review. But I have some more feedback:
>
> * I don't think it is correct to refer to this as fixing a failure
> in the subject.
>
> * I do think the subject prefix can be shortened to 'net: lan743x: '
>
>
>
> Perhaps something more like this?
>
> [PATCH net-next v3] net: lan743x: Allocate rings outside
> ZONE_DMA
>
> And perhaps also mention in the commit message that this
> is consistent with the other caller of
> lan743x_rx_init_ring_element().
>
> Thanks!