Subject: Re: [Patch 12/16 2.5] ixgb: replace kmalloc with vmalloc to allocate driver local data structures

From: Christian Borntraeger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:46:42 +0200

Ganesh Venkatesan wrote:
> - rxdr->buffer_info = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
[...]
> + rxdr->buffer_info = vmalloc(size);

What is the rationale for this change?

If I recall correctly, Linus opposes the use of vmalloc if there is no real 
need.

cheers

Christian