net/rds: Use DMA memory pool allocation for rds_header
Currently, RDS calls ib_dma_alloc_coherent() to allocate a large piece of contiguous DMA coherent memory to store struct rds_header for sending/receiving packets. The memory allocated is then partitioned into struct rds_header. This is not necessary and can be costly at times when memory is fragmented. Instead, RDS should use the DMA memory pool interface to handle this. The DMA addresses of the pre- allocated headers are stored in an array. At send/receive ring initialization and refill time, this arrary is de-referenced to get the DMA addresses. This array is not accessed at send/receive packet processing. Suggested-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ka-Cheong Poon <ka-cheong.poon@oracle.com> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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