| Message ID | 4dd549ed.umadc9UwpyaCQkpw%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net (mailing list archive) |
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Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c =================================================================== --- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c +++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c @@ -1115,6 +1115,13 @@ static int _rtl_pci_init_rx_ring(struct rtlpci->rx_ring[rx_queue_idx].idx = 0; + /* If amsdu_8k is disabled, set buffersize to 4096. This + * change will reduce memory fragmentation. + */ + if (rtlpci->rxbuffersize > 4096 && + rtlpriv->rtlhal.disable_amsdu_8k) + rtlpci->rxbuffersize = 4096; + for (i = 0; i < rtlpci->rxringcount; i++) { struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(rtlpci->rxbuffersize);
Although a previous fix handles the kernel panics that result from failure to allocate a new RX buffer, memory fragmentation can be reduced if the amsdu_8k capability is disabled as new buffers need only be of O(0), not O(2). Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> --- John, This is 2.6.40 material. Larry --- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html