From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932958AbWAOR4J (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:56:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932953AbWAOR4I (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:56:08 -0500 Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.164]:20181 "EHLO pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932958AbWAOR4H (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:56:07 -0500 To: Phillip Susi Cc: linux kernel , axboe@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd & udf bugfixes References: <43C5D71B.1060002@cfl.rr.com> <43C94464.4040500@cfl.rr.com> <43C982C0.1070605@cfl.rr.com> <43CA89A4.3010000@cfl.rr.com> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 15 Jan 2006 18:56:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: <43CA89A4.3010000@cfl.rr.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Phillip Susi writes: > Peter Osterlund wrote: > > >Phillip Susi writes: > > > >>Peter Osterlund wrote: > >> > OK, so it appears you can make packets bigger than 64KB. Can I please > >> > >>>have those patches so I can test this myself. > >>> > >>Sure, patches attached. > >> > >>patch-6 is the one you are interested in for the different sizes > > > >Thanks, it seems to work just fine. I have put the overflow and zero > >check changes in my kernel patch queue. > > > >However, I want to wait with the increased max packet size until the > >memory allocation strategy has been changed to avoid wasting lots of > >memory in the common cases. I will go work on a patch to do that now. > > > Ahh, excellent. Also, is the memory currently non pagable? Is there > a reason for that? Yes the memory is non pagable. The linux kernel doesn't support pagable kernel memory, only user space memory can be swapped out. -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com http://web.telia.com/~u89404340