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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] nfnetlink_queue: use hash table to speed up entry
 	finding.
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:36:05 +0200
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Changli Gao wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
>>> Yes, that is why vmalloc() is perfect for this case. No extra memory for
>>> management, but one pointer for each page of memory.
>> I agree, if it works for conntrack, it certainly also works for
>> nfnetlink_queue.
>>
> 
> I need to allocate memory in atomic section, so vmalloc() can't be used. :(

Why?