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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v11 0/9] net: macb: implement context swapping
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:50:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179248261378.3556861.3740380461349419952.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013-macb-context-v11-0-b27785167566@bootlin.com>
Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:16:38 +0200 you wrote:
> MACB has a pretty primitive approach to buffer management. They are all
> stored in `struct macb *bp`. On operations that require buffer realloc
> (set_ringparam & change_mtu at the moment), the only option is to close
> the interface, change our global state and re-open the interface.
>
> Two issues:
> - It doesn't fly on memory pressured systems; we free our precious
> buffers and don't manage to reallocate fully, meaning our machine
> just lost its network access.
> - Anecdotally, it is pretty slow because it implies a full PHY reinit.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v11,1/9] net: macb: close race between NAPI polls & ndo_stop
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ba16ad3c8769
- [net-next,v11,2/9] net: macb: introduce macb_context struct for buffer management
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/435345c65180
- [net-next,v11,3/9] net: macb: avoid macb_init_rx_buffer_size() modifying state
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b8ab596dabde
- [net-next,v11,4/9] net: macb: make `struct macb` subset reachable from macb_context struct
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9bfec20d011f
- [net-next,v11,5/9] net: macb: change caps helpers signatures
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/dd1aaefee4f6
- [net-next,v11,6/9] net: macb: change function signatures to take contexts
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ed16494c2c50
- [net-next,v11,7/9] net: macb: introduce macb_context_alloc() helper
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/88e99640fcd0
- [net-next,v11,8/9] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/dcc3288b9433
- [net-next,v11,9/9] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a98375924d64
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 7:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-13 13:16 [PATCH net-next v11 0/9] net: macb: implement context swapping Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 1/9] net: macb: close race between NAPI polls & ndo_stop Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:54 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 2/9] net: macb: introduce macb_context struct for buffer management Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 3/9] net: macb: avoid macb_init_rx_buffer_size() modifying state Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 4/9] net: macb: make `struct macb` subset reachable from macb_context struct Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 5/9] net: macb: change caps helpers signatures Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 6/9] net: macb: change function signatures to take contexts Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 7/9] net: macb: introduce macb_context_alloc() helper Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 8/9] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam() Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:16 ` [PATCH net-next v11 9/9] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu() Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 13:20 ` [PATCH net-next v11 0/9] net: macb: implement context swapping netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-13 13:29 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-10-13 19:04 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-10-15 14:33 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-10-15 14:55 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-10-20 7:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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