From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:32:02 +0400 From: Evgeniy Polyakov Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] network memory allocator. Message-ID: <20060816093159.GA31882@2ka.mipt.ru> References: <20060816053545.GB22921@2ka.mipt.ru> <20060816084808.GA7366@infradead.org> <20060816090028.GA25476@2ka.mipt.ru> <20060816.020503.74744144.davem@davemloft.net> <20060816091029.GA6375@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060816091029.GA6375@infradead.org> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: David Miller , arnd@arndb.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 10:10:29AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig (hch@infradead.org) wrote: > On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 02:05:03AM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > From: Evgeniy Polyakov > > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:00:31 +0400 > > > > > So I would like to know how to determine which node should be used for > > > allocation. Changes of __get_user_pages() to alloc_pages_node() are > > > trivial. > > > > netdev_alloc_skb() knows the netdevice, and therefore you can > > obtain the "struct device;" referenced inside of the netdev, > > and therefore you can determine the node using the struct > > device. > > It's not that easy unfortunately. I did what you describe above in my > first prototype but then found out the hard way that the struct device > in the netdevice can be a non-pci one, e.g. for pcmcia. Im that case > the kernel will crash on you becuase you can only get the node infortmation > for pci devices. My current patchkit adds an "int node" member to struct > net_device instead. I can repost the patchkit ontop of -mm (which is > the required slab memory leak tracking changes) if anyone cares. Can we check device->bus_type or device->driver->bus against &pci_bus_type for that? -- Evgeniy Polyakov -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org