Re: [PATCH v2 11/17] net/dpaa2: fix software taildrop buffer access

Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-06T17:35:47Z

On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:29:34 +0100
Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com> wrote:

> > > It is unsafe to use free_bulk on transmit path because packets in
> > > burst might come from different pools. An example would be a router
> > > forwarding from two incoming NIC's to one outgoing NIC.
> >
> > Is it?
> >
> > IIUC, this helper was added specifically to handle mbufs from multiple
> > mempools.

never mind, that was old brain cells, looks like it got fixed.