This patchset enables use of the slab/kmem_cache bulk alloc API, and completes the use the slab/kmem_cache bulking API in the network stack.
I've not included the patches that introduce a SKB bulk hint, which would beneficial for drivers like mlx5. Lets see if we can agree on this patchset first. --- Jesper Dangaard Brouer (3): net: bulk alloc and reuse of SKBs in NAPI context mlx4: use napi_alloc_skb API to get SKB bulk allocations net: warn on napi_alloc_skb being called in wrong context drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c | 7 ++- net/core/skbuff.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) --