e1000 - Use vmalloc for data structures not shared
When you bring an e1000 interface up with a large MTU value (eg 3000 or 9000), we were seeing allocation failures [1].
Perhaps this is relevant here?
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109006245518382&w=2
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ChangeSet 1.1807.39.3, 2004/07/29 12:01:46-04:00, ganesh.venkatesan@intel
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[PATCH] e1000 - Use vmalloc for data structures not shared
eh why? You are aware that vmalloc'd datastructures are slower during use (due to TLB overhead) right ?
These structures also don't look THAT big on first sight....
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