From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
Cc: jdmason@kudzu.us, dave.jiang@intel.com, allenbh@gmail.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, nab@linux-iscsi.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, ntb@lists.linux.dev,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] NTB: ntb_netdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:20:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178644000589.433486.12965345737157483071.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806032537.3526498-1-den@valinux.co.jp>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 12:25:37 +0900 you wrote:
> ntb_netdev_rx_handler() hands the received skb to the network stack
> before allocating its replacement. If the allocation fails, nothing is
> reposted. Every failure therefore takes one buffer out of the RX queue
> while the interface remains up, and enough failures eventually stall
> reception.
>
> A retry path could refill the queue later, but ntb_netdev has none.
> Allocate the replacement first instead. If that fails, drop the packet
> and repost the same skb. This keeps the queue full and lets packet
> delivery resume as soon as memory is available again.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] NTB: ntb_netdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/d2121faf133a
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 3:25 [PATCH net] NTB: ntb_netdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure Koichiro Den
2026-08-06 16:13 ` Dave Jiang
2026-08-11 9:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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