From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: thunderx: Set recevie buffer page usage count in bulk Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:48:12 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20160310.144812.2252397711464239518.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20160310.124450.278421705870462421.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, sgoutham@cavium.com, robert.richter@caviumnetworks.com To: sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Sunil Kovvuri Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:57:48 +0530 > Difference between NIU driver and this patch is there it's > calculate split count, increment page count and then divide page into > buffers. Here it's divide page into buffers, have a counter which increments > at every split and then at the end do a atomic increment of page->_count. > > Any issue with this approach ? I guess not.