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[PATCH net-next 0/9] mlx4: order-0 allocations and page recycling

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: 2017-02-07 03:03:21

As mentioned half a year ago, we better switch mlx4 driver to order-0
allocations and page recycling.

This reduces vulnerability surface thanks to better skb->truesize tracking
and provides better performance in most cases.

Worth noting this patch series deletes more than 100 lines of code ;)

Eric Dumazet (9):
  mlx4: use __skb_fill_page_desc()
  mlx4: dma_dir is a mlx4_en_priv attribute
  mlx4: remove order field from mlx4_en_frag_info
  mlx4: get rid of frag_prefix_size
  mlx4: rx_headroom is a per port attribute
  mlx4: reduce rx ring page_cache size
  mlx4: removal of frag_sizes[]
  mlx4: use order-0 pages for RX
  mlx4: add page recycling in receive path

 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c   | 350 +++++++++------------------
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c   |   4 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h |  28 +--
 3 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 253 deletions(-)

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