From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail143.messagelabs.com (mail143.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.35]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741F56B0171 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:53:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:51:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20111013.165148.64222593458932960.davem@davemloft.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add a "struct page_frag" type containing a page, offset and length From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20111013.163708.1319779926961023813.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: rientjes@google.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, ian.campbell@citrix.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org, jaxboe@fusionio.com, linux-mm@kvack.org From: David Rientjes Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:49:35 -0700 (PDT) > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011, David Miller wrote: > >> >> A few network drivers currently use skb_frag_struct for this purpose but I have >> >> patches which add additional fields and semantics there which these other uses >> >> do not want. >> >> >> > >> > Is this patch a part of a larger series that actually uses >> > struct page_frag? Probably a good idea to post them so we know it doesn't >> > just lie there dormant. >> >> See: >> >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/118693/ >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/118694/ >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/118695/ >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/118700/ >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/118696/ >> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/118699/ >> >> This is a replacement for patch #1 in that series. >> > > Ok, let's add Andrew to the thread so this can go through -mm in > preparation for that series. It doesn't usually work like that, net-next is usually one of the first trees that Stephen pulls into -next, so this kind of simple dependency should go into my tree if the -mm developers give it an ACK and are OK with it. -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org