bnx2x: allocate mac filtering pending list in PAGE_SIZE increments

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Currently, we can have high order page allocations that specify
GFP_ATOMIC when configuring multicast MAC address filters.

For example, we have seen order 2 page allocation failures with
~500 multicast addresses configured.

Convert the allocation for the pending list to be done in PAGE_SIZE
increments.

Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Cc: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@qlogic.com>
Cc: Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@qlogic.com>
Acked-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@caviumnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Jason Baron 2016-09-22 17:12:26 -04:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c

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