On 6/13/07, Shani Moideen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Replacing alloc_pages(gfp,0) with alloc_page(gfp)
in net/core/pktgen.c

Signed-off-by: Shani Moideen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----

diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index b92a322..2600c7f 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv4(struct net_device 
*odev,

                i = 0;
                while (datalen > 0) {
-                       struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+                       struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);

Does this makes any difference anyway? Both are same eventually?
What is the rational behind this? Can you please help me understanding this?

thanks
--pradeep
                        skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page = page;
                        skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset = 0;
                        skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].size =
@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *fill_packet_ipv6(struct net_device 
*odev,

                i = 0;
                while (datalen > 0) {
-                       struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+                       struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
                        skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page = page;
                        skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page_offset = 0;
                        skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].size =

--
Shani
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