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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] hv_netvsc: Eliminate memory allocation in
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From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 21:07:58 -0700

> The network protocol used to communicate with the host is the remote ndis (rndis)
> protocol. We need to decorate each outgoing packet with a rndis header and
> additional rndis state (rndis per-packet state). To manage this state, we
> currently allocate memory in the transmit path. Eliminate this allocation by
> requesting additional head room in the skb.

Series applied, thanks.