From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261341AbVGTP06 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:26:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261364AbVGTP06 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:26:58 -0400 Received: from mail.elvees.com ([80.92.98.198]:48357 "EHLO narwhal.elvees.dmz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261341AbVGTP05 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:26:57 -0400 From: Samium Gromoff To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: restricting skb allocation to a specific zone Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:26:15 +0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507201926.15662.deepfire@elvees.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The hardware requirement i have dictate me that i have to have the skb`s allocated in a specific zone, which is unfortunately neither contiguous with GFP_NORMAL nor placed at the beginning of the physical memory. I glanced over the typical usage of alloc_skb in net/core and had an impression that there is no way i can satisfy that requirement. Am i missing something? regards, Samium Gromoff