From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf.kernel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 7/9] net/mlx5e: lift the netmem TX frag size limit
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:29:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8025f6aed4bc33298e8be50280ab72e4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <179418738174.994134.464817117967884735@kernel.org>
> [Severity: Low]
> Is U32_MAX really the largest length an mlx5 data segment can describe?
> The commit message says:
>
> TX data segments have a 32-bit byte count, so devmem TX frags don't
> need a size limit.
>
> Bit 31 of byte_count looks like it is the inline segment marker rather
> than part of the length:
[..]
> Would a value that matches the hardware, such as (1U << 31) - 1 or SZ_1G,
> work better here? The commit message would need updating to match.
Let me switch to SZ_1G to be 100% safe.
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pw-bot: cr
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 18:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 22:20 [PATCH net-next v3 0/9] net: devmem: size TX net_iovs from the dmabuf layout Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/9] bnxt_en: let the stack segment GSO skbs with too many frags Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-09 1:22 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-09 18:29 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-10 22:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 2/9] net: devmem: charge the frag length to TX skb truesize Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-09 1:22 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-09 10:59 ` Breno Leitao
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/9] net: devmem: use niov_shift in net_devmem_get_niov_at() Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/9] net: devmem: add a per-device netmem TX frag size limit Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-09 1:22 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-09 18:29 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-10 22:36 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-11-11 21:50 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 5/9] bnxt_en: set the netmem TX frag size limit to 32KB Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-09 1:22 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-09 18:29 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 6/9] eth: fbnic: " Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 7/9] net/mlx5e: lift the netmem TX frag size limit Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-09 1:23 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-09 18:29 ` Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 8/9] net: devmem: size TX net_iovs from the dmabuf sg table Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-09 1:23 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-09 18:29 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-05 22:20 ` [PATCH net-next v3 9/9] selftests: drv-net: devmem: TX from a hugepage-backed dmabuf Stanislav Fomichev
2026-11-09 1:23 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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